Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 352 346. Confrontation
"General, the Southern Barbarians are attacking! And, and they..."

Shortly after dawn the next day, the scouts came to Feng Xi's camp in a panic to report. Just now, the Han army sentry discovered some unusual movements in the Nanzhong Army camp on the opposite bank, and then a large number of soldiers came towards Laoshui.

"And what?"

Feng Xi didn't even raise his head. He placed the white papers recording military affairs in his hand on the table and pressed them down with a paperweight.

"And they... they didn't use any tools, they just took off their armor and came over from the Laoshui..."

The scout from the Shenwu Camp was also a little surprised when he said this. They would not find it strange if the South Central Army came here by boat or even swam here, because this is the normal way for humans to cross the river.

But when the soldiers of the Ugo Kingdom took off their armor and plunged into the water, the armor became like a small boat, floating directly on the water and able to support a strong man paddling with his hands.

Therefore, even the veteran soldiers of the Shenwu Camp who had followed Feng Xi from Jingzhou to central Sichuan and then fought back to Jingzhou from central Sichuan were somewhat surprised by the alternative method of crossing the river used by the soldiers of the Wuguo Kingdom.

Of course, I was just a little surprised, and there was no other emotion. After crossing the river, I still had to fight the Han army.

"Notify General Guan Xing and General Zhang Bao to lead 3,000 troops each to fight against the rattan armor troops that have crossed the river. Be careful not to lose too many. Notify the others to pack up immediately and retreat ten miles."

Feng Xi stood up and clapped his hands, and his personal guards came in to tidy up the tents, documents and other things.

Feng Xi's strategy was to make the Nanzhong Army and the Wuguo Kingdom happy, and then take advantage of the situation to bring the war back to the east of Lao Shui.

There was no other way. It was not realistic for Feng Xi to cross the river to attack the Nanzhong coalition. The geographical advantage and the numerical advantage were there. If he forced his way across the river, he would definitely be blocked by Meng Huo's army. Feng Xi was also traveling lightly this time, and he brought almost none of those high-tech siege weapons. Therefore, if he forced his way across the Laoshui River, the losses would be huge.

It's not that Feng Xi couldn't bear the loss, but it was unnecessary. If he lost 18,000 people in the battle of Nanzhong, would he be able to survive in the future? The best solution was to exchange the smallest loss for the greatest victory. Moreover, since he knew that Wuguo was coming, Feng Xi had already ordered Deng Ai to explore the surrounding terrain.

Deng Ai was a thoughtful person, and like Feng Xi, he liked to explore the terrain around the battlefield. However, Feng Xi, purely because of his vision for the future and the importance of time and place, would personally visit the dangerous places wherever he went.

As for Deng Ai, the reasons were mixed. When he was a grain clerk in the State of Wei, apart from studying, he memorized the dangerous terrain along the marching routes. When he had nothing to do, he would simulate in his mind what would happen if he ambushed others, or if others ambushed him.

Over time, Deng Ai did develop good painting skills through this little hobby, at least he was very clear when drawing mountains, rivers and terrain.

In addition, Feng Xi taught him how to draw contour lines and how to mark scales, rivers and other diagrams according to future standard maps. Now Feng Xi no longer had to draw the maps of the Han army himself, Deng Ai could do it for him.

Now facing the rattan armor soldiers, Feng Xi did not want to burn them all to death like Zhuge Liang did. It would be best if he could preserve some of them. At least he had to find a way to get the secret recipe of the rattan armor.

In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to block the rattan armor soldiers and force them into a desperate situation, so you can refer to the approach taken by Zhuge Liang in the original timeline.

Feng Xi led most of the Han troops to retreat without fighting, while Zhang Bao and Guan Xing, who were full of fighting spirit, each led 3,000 Han troops to see the quality of the rattan armor soldiers.

The soldiers of Wuguo took advantage of the Han army's surprise and forced their way across the Laoshui River. Now that the Han army had reacted, they had already crossed most of the river, and it was too late to intercept them. Guan Xing and Zhang Bao took a quick look and saw that there were only more than 10,000 people on the opposite side. Although the number of people was nearly twice that of the Han army, it could be seen from Meng Huo's Nanzhong Army that the 6,000 Han army would normally have no pressure to fight against these 10,000 or 20,000 barbarian troops.

However, the rattan armor soldiers on the opposite side were obviously not in this category, and Guan Xing and Zhang Bao had been talked about by Feng Xi for several days, and they were well aware of the power of the rattan armor soldiers.

The two also knew that their Grand Commander was about the same age as them, and also had the youthful vigor and confidence that only young people have. If it were just ordinary troops, Feng Xi would definitely not have mentioned it. During the Nanzhong Rebellion, Feng Xi only specifically mentioned the Beast Army and the Rattan Armor Soldiers of the Wugo Kingdom.

They had already seen how powerful the beasts under King Mulu were, and Feng Xi commented that the rattan armor soldiers were even more powerful, so it was even less likely that the two would be careless.

Guan Xing squinted his eyes and observed the rattan armor soldiers not far away. As Feng Xi said, a group of tall and burly men were wearing a strange rattan armor that looked like a smock, and a bamboo hat on their heads, which was obviously used to protect against rain and heat.

However, even though Guan Xing knew that the rattan armor was invulnerable to swords and guns, he still found its weaknesses. First of all, the protective ability of the rattan armor was extremely limited. It could only protect the body. The thighs were completely naked, and the arms were also not protected.

As for the head, it was only a bamboo hat. In terms of protection area, it was not as good as the leather armor and chain mail of the Han army, but the performance gap was huge.

"Tell the brothers, when fighting, try to attack the enemy's head and limbs, and don't hit that weird armor."

Guan Xing immediately sent a messenger to inform the entire army, asking the Han army to be on guard.

"Hey, are you Han generals?"

At this time, a tall and strong man among the rattan armor soldiers rode out from the crowd of barbarians on a relatively strong pony, holding a large spear that looked rather crudely made in his hand. He pointed at Guan Xing and Zhang Bao in the air and shouted.

"Yes, who are you?"

Guan Xing took the initiative to ride his horse forward and started a conversation with the general.

"I am Tuan, the leader of the captives under Wugu, the ruler of Wuguo. Why do you Han people come to our Nanzhong instead of staying in your Central Plains?"

Tuan cursed loudly, but Guan Xing and Zhang Bao were not angry.

"You are just a leader of the prisoners, you don't know the inside story, let your leader Wu Tu Gu come and explain it to us!"

Guan Xing shouted loudly, but the meaning behind his words was a bit vulgar. "You are not up to standard," although Guan Xing didn't say it this way, but that's what he meant.

As the leader of the prisoners of war, Tuan also knew something about Chinese culture. He became furious when he heard this. Although he might not fully understand the meaning, he could still feel that Guan Xin did not take him seriously.

"Attack! Take down these Han people!"

(End of this chapter)