Soldiers come to the world

It was noon, and the heat wave swept across the shore of Taihu Lake like a raging fire. Although the ground was scorching hot and sultry, the low-pitched horn sounded south of the river mouth.

The dark Han army appeared on the east bank of the Wucheng River in the distance. This battle was crucial to both sides. Although the Han army planned to bypass Wu County and go northward, it was discovered by the Jiangdong army scouts and was intercepted by the Jiangdong army.

In fact, the ownership of Wu County is no longer important. Even if the Han army captures Wu County, it will not have a decisive influence. The key is that the Han army must break through the blockade of the Jiangdong army and go north. I dare not take part in the Hefei War again.

The Han army had a total of nearly 8000 people. Under the leadership of Lu Xun, they marched on the flat riverside. Ten miles away was Wucheng County, and about a hundred steps away was the Wucheng River.

In the summer when there is abundant water, the Wucheng River can be used for a thousand-stone ship, connecting the Zheshui River and Taihu Lake. It is actually a branch of the Zheshui River. The Zheshui River flows into the sea, and the Wucheng River flows northward into Taihu Lake.

The distance between the two armies was less than one mile, and the five thousand Jiangdong Army lined up on the Gobi Desert in a formation of spears and arrows, that is, two thousand bowmen in front and three thousand spear infantry behind.

The two thousand crossbowmen are actually spearmen, but they can hold strong crossbows and have a longer range. When the Han army kills them, the infantry with spears behind them will fight, and the crossbowmen will change their spears and join the infantry with long spears.

Although the Han army has more than [-] troops, there is not much difference in the strength of the two armies. It can only be said that the Han army has a slight advantage in numbers, but the Jiangdong army has the upper hand in weapons. Especially the Jiangdong army's bows and crossbows are extremely sharp. The most elite equipment.

The predecessor of this Han army was the Kuaiji Army, which was slightly inferior to the Jiangdong Army in terms of weapons and equipment, but the number of troops was superior.

The leader of the Han army is Lu Xun. Although he is young, he is very experienced in combat and is especially familiar with the terrain of Jiangdong. According to the plan, the Han army traveled lightly this time and only brought dry food for ten days. After crossing Taihu Lake, they will arrive Piling County, you can get food from Piling County.

Lu Xun knew very well the importance of this battle. If they could not win this battle, or if the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, their Jiangdong battle would probably end in failure.

Lu Xun looked at the scorching sun in the sky. He knew that under this kind of weather, it would be difficult for soldiers to maintain high energy. For an hour at most, the soldiers on both sides would not be able to bear the scorching heat of the earth, and their combat effectiveness would drop sharply.

Lu Xun silently looked at the Jiangdong army in the distance, and he turned his head and ordered: "The sword and shield soldiers attack!"

The five thousand Han saber and shield troops were launched. They raised their shields high, held their swords in their hands, rolled up billows of yellow dust, filled the banks of the Wucheng River with murderous aura, and swept towards the Jiangdong Army.

The Jiangdong Army was ready for battle, and Jiang Qin ordered in a hoarse voice: "The crossbowmen are ready!"

The two thousand soldiers of the Jiangdong Army held crossbows in their hands and arrow pots on their backs. They lined up in three rows. Under Jiang Qin's order, they stepped forward a few steps and opened the distance. The range of Jiangdong Army's hard crossbows was about 120 steps. , while the effective killing range is [-] steps.

When the Jiangdong army approached thirty steps, the crossbowmen would retreat quickly, and the pikemen behind them would join the battle. Within ninety steps of the Han army rushing into the killing range, ordinary soldiers could shoot two arrows, but trained crossbowmen Soldiers can shoot three arrows.

In a blink of an eye, the sword and shield army of the Han army rushed into the range. Two thousand crossbowmen brushed the ground and the general raised the crossbow at an angle of [-] degrees. , the figure of the Han army could not be seen at all, only the sound of a drum was heard, and the first row of [-] arrows from the Jiangdong Army soared into the sky, whistling and shooting into the diffuse yellow dust, the first row immediately loaded arrows, the second One row shot out, and then the third row shot out, three rows of arrows in one round, two thousand crossbow arrows were like a woven arrow net, and they shot at the sword and shield soldiers of the Han army overwhelmingly.

Suddenly, there were screams in Huangchen. Although there were shields to protect them, soldiers were still shot and fell to the ground. The powerful crossbow arrows penetrated the shields of many Han soldiers and shot into the faces and chests of soldiers.

But at this time, the soldiers of the Han army were already red-eyed. Regardless of life and death, they rushed forward, and the bows and arrows of the Han army behind them also shot out. The arrows were pouring like rain, and the arrows were like flying locusts.

Two rounds of [-] arrows overwhelmed nearly [-] people, and the soldiers of the Han army swept in. The crossbowmen of the Jiangdong army quickly retreated, and the Jiangdong soldiers behind them also raised their guns to face each other. They were getting closer and closer, and the two sides had even seen clearly. Seeing the anger on the opponent's face, the faces of the soldiers at the front changed instantly, becoming terrified, but they couldn't stop, they closed their eyes in despair amidst the screams.

Suddenly there was a loud noise, and the two armies collided with each other. Countless people at the front died tragically in this collision, their bodies were torn apart, helmets and broken spears flew into the sky, and a fierce battle began. .

The soldiers caught each other and fought each other, with spears, bayonets and knives, shouts of killing, screams, the sound of bones being chopped off, and the sound of throats clucking before dying, one after another.

Jiang Qin, the general of the Jiangdong Army, was exceptionally brave. He fought fiercely with a sixty-pound sword in his hand. He was fighting against a young general of the Han army. He was inexperienced and could not fight well. In two stages, the internal organs rolled out, and blood arrows spurted out.

On the other side, Lu Xun, the general of the Han army, was furious. He carried a long gun and galloped his horse. At this time, Pan Long, the deputy general of the Jiangdong Army, rushed out. He was Pan Zhang's younger brother and held a big axe. , He saw Lu Xun today, and couldn't bear it anymore and killed him.

"Lu Ni hit me with an axe!"

Pan Long slashed out with an ax head-on, and the force was extremely strong. Lu Xun sneered and stabbed with his gun. The two fought together and fought fiercely for about a dozen rounds. Lu Xun discovered Pan Long's loophole, and the two horses staggered. Pierced Pan Long's left rib.

This is Pan Long's loophole, Jiang Qin also saw that something was wrong, and shouted, "General Pan back to the left!"

But it was too late, Lu Xun's shot was as fast as lightning, piercing through Pan Long's fish scale armor, the tip of the spear came out from his right rib, Lu Xun roared and lifted Pan Long high into the air, Pan Long's face was facing down, A pair of big brass bell eyes glared at Lu Xun with reluctance, chewed his tongue with the last of his strength and sprayed at Lu Xun.

It was afternoon, and the scorching sun sprayed flames to the ground, as if scorching and melting the earth. The heat was so hot that people felt as if they were in a steamer, making it hard to breathe.

On the banks of the Wucheng River, the fierce battle between the two armies is still going on. The fierce battle has been going on for two hours, but the physical strength of both sides has declined rapidly. Downwind, many soldiers fainted due to excessive physical exhaustion.

The Jiangdong soldiers also lost their physical strength. Although they were slightly stronger than the opponent, it was difficult to continue fighting. It was just that they couldn't get rid of the opponent in the melee, and they didn't know when the battle would end.

At this time, a scout cavalry came to negotiate under Jiang Qin's order, and shouted: "Captain Lu, my general said that the two armies will stop fighting temporarily, can Governor Lu agree?"

Lu Xun also knew that his soldiers could not fight anymore, and he was about to express his agreement, but at this moment, a loud horn sounded from the east. The hearts of Jiangdong soldiers.

I saw a Han army cavalry of about 2000 galloping towards the river from the east, and a large flag waving in the wind was embroidered with a big Chinese character. This was the arrival of the Han army from Xindu County. It was [-] cavalry, followed by [-] infantry. Under the leadership of the general Zhao Yan, they arrived at the Wucheng battlefield in time.

The morale of the Jiangdong Army quickly collapsed. They had no fighting spirit anymore, and rushed to the cargo ship, but only less than 2000 people boarded the ship, and the Han cavalry killed them. .

Jiang Qin knew that it was impossible to rescue the soldiers, and if they didn't leave, the whole army would be wiped out. He shouted anxiously: "Drive the boat into Taihu Lake!"

The soldiers paddled desperately, and the big boats sailed towards Taihu Lake. The Jiangdong soldiers who were too late to board the boats on the shore were all desperate. They looked at the ships in the distance and cried loudly. Surrender, begging for mercy.

With tears in Jiang Qin's eyes, he couldn't help sighing, if they had five thousand barrels of kerosene, they wouldn't have suffered such a disastrous defeat.

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The sudden arrival of five thousand Han troops really surprised Lu Xun. He immediately turned his horse's head and greeted Zhao Yan, the chief general of the Han army who had come to aid him.

"Thanks to Zhao Shijun for killing Lu Xun in time, and saving Lu Xun from the humiliation of defeat!" Lu Xun expressed his inner gratitude to Zhao Yan very sincerely.

Zhao Yan was a high-ranking official when he was in the Cao army, and his military status was even higher than that of Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, but he was a high-ranking civilian official and rarely fought in battle, so he was relatively low-key.

But Zhao Yan was always arrogant, and after he surrendered to Liu Jing, he didn't get along well with Gan Ning, Wei Yan and other generals of the Han army.

In this Hefei battle, he was temporarily appointed as the logistics governor to supervise the grain and grass in Jingzhou's counties, but Zhao Yan still couldn't bear the desire to fight, so he took the initiative to ask Huang Zhong to fight in Liu'an, but was defeated by Xu Huang, almost defeated. Nearly annihilated.

Zhao Yan was also severely blamed by Huang Zhong, and rushed back to Chaisang to serve as a logistics officer. The defeat in Lu'an became an indelible shame for him. Thousands of troops, including [-] cavalry, rushed to Xindu County by land to assist Lu Xun in Wu County.

Liu Jing repeatedly explained in his letter that Wu Jun's strategy should be based on Lu Xun, and he was only going to reinforce Lu Xun, not replace Lu Xun.

Of course, it was also because of Lu'an's disastrous defeat. This time, Zhao Yan lost his previous arrogance. He smiled at Lu Xun very modestly: "I just happened to be at the right time, and I still rely on the efforts of Governor Lu."

Zhao Yan's modesty won Lu Xun's favor, and Lu Xun also smiled and said: "Frankly speaking, I am afraid that it is difficult to win with my army alone, but with the help of Mr. Zhao, we will surely win this battle."

Zhao Yan nodded, pointed to an open space next to him and said, "Let's sit down and talk!"

A soldier spread out the mats long ago, and the two sat down. Zhao Yan took out a map of Jiangdong, unfolded it and said, "I want to know about Governor Lu's plan."

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