Great Han Empire

Chapter 346 The Swordsman
Zhang Chun heard that the cavalry of the Han army had arrived at the city of Yongnu and burned down the pontoon bridge of Gushui River, so he couldn't sit still immediately.

Li Hong, Xian Yufu, and some other Youzhou generals were familiar with the terrain of Youzhou. They boldly sent cavalry to attack their rear and occupied Lucheng by surprise.These rushing cavalry have neither backup support nor supplements of food, grass and weapons. After they occupy Lucheng, it will be very good if they can hold on, but now they dare to attack Yongnu, intending to block their two retreat routes. .How many are there?What is the purpose of the leopard doing this?Do you want to force yourself to retreat or shake your morale?Does the leopard want to stay in Jicheng and completely annihilate him?But does he have such great strength?

The scouts have carefully investigated Liu Yu's situation.After Liu Yu attacked Zhuocheng, he suffered heavy losses. Except for Gongsun Zan's 1 cavalry, the troops heading north to Jicheng had only [-] infantry.These [-] people will join the Leopards tomorrow. After the meeting, the balance of strength between the two sides has not changed significantly, and their own army of [-] still has a great advantage in numbers.But there is one thing that makes him very worried. After the two Han troops meet, the morale of the Han army will be even higher, but the morale of his own army will be hit. Especially those subordinates who lack confidence in the duel may become more panicked. Read more.If we let them know that the cavalry of the Han army appeared in the direction of Yongnu, and the pontoon bridge on the Gushui River was also burned, it is estimated that some people will flee in all likelihood.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chunsi decided to take the initiative to attack the next day, and launched the attack before Liu Yu arrived in Jicheng to join the leopard.Regardless of victory or defeat, he can hit the leopard hard and win time to retreat.

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Just when Zhang Chun decided to take the initiative to attack, Li Hong also made the same decision. He was deploying tomorrow's attack plan in the big tent.

At present, Liu Yu has captured Zhuocheng and is heading north. It is only [-] miles away from Jicheng. The two sides will meet tomorrow, and Zhao Yun's iron cavalry has probably arrived at Yongnu and is attacking everywhere. , the morale of the army must have been messed up.

"The day before yesterday we advanced ten miles, and the rebels lined up to wait for a false alarm. Yesterday we advanced another ten miles, and the rebels waited for a day, exhausted physically and mentally. Today we made several attack postures, and the rebels were busy parrying and were exhausted. Li Hong looked at the generals in the tent and said with a smile, "We have rested for three days, and we are waiting for work at leisure."

"If we wait until tomorrow to rendezvous with Lord Liu before launching an attack on the rebels, the results will definitely be better." Song Wen said with a little regret.

"I'm worried that they will retreat to Jicheng after their morale is in turmoil, and we will be in trouble." Li Hong explained, "The number of rebel troops is more than double that of ours. With our current strength, once we fall into a siege , It must be protracted. Although we can defeat the rebels in the end, we have no time, we have to return to Bingzhou, and the court does not have enough military funds and military support. The third thing to worry about is the Xianbei people If they take advantage of our entanglement with the rebels to send troops to invade, the border counties of Youzhou will definitely be lost, especially Liaodong and Liaoxi, which are thousands of miles away from Jicheng. If we lose it at this time, if we want to regain it, I don't know what year it will be."

"Attack tomorrow." Li Hong glanced at the generals, waved his hand and said, "No matter what the price is, we must defeat the rebels."

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The sky above Jicheng is blue and blue, and there are no clouds in the sky.

Under the command of Zhang Chun, the rebel army, with [-] infantry as the central army and [-] cavalry as the left and right wings, spread out in lines of characters, advanced five miles along the vast plain and stopped.

Three hundred steps away on the opposite side, the Han army has already lined up and waited.The 15 troops of the two sides stood opposite each other, and the soldiers raised their weapons with solemn expressions.Countless colorful battle flags fluttered in the wind.The tense atmosphere before the war hangs over the plain with a radius of five miles.

Because the rebels had an absolute advantage in numbers, Zhang Chun planned to encircle the Chinese infantry of the Han army with [-] infantry under the cover of cavalry on both wings, and then encircle and wipe them out.In order to achieve this goal, he divided the fifth battalion of the infantry into three formations, left, middle and right.Chen San's left battalion and Xian Yuping's rear battalion formed a formation, lined up to attack the right flank of the Han army; Zhang Yun's front battalion and Tian Qiang's right battalion formed a formation, lined up front and rear, to attack the left wing of the Han army; Liu Shi led the middle battalion Center, attack forward.

Zhang Chun glanced at the generals, and said with a slight smile: "On the left side of the central army are the cavalry of King Hanlu and King Qiao, and on the right are the cavalry of King Bailang, so you don't have to worry about the surprise attack of the Han army's cavalry on both wings, just let go , Attack with all your strength." Then he raised his voice and said loudly, "In today's bloody battle, we should kill the leopards and defeat the Han army so as to boost our Yan Guowei."

The generals shouted loudly and galloped away.

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Xian Yufu stood on the temporary wooden platform, overlooking the rebel formation.

Li Hong was unwilling to stand in the rear of the army and command the battle. He persuaded Xian Yufu with very good reasons, and then led the Black Panther Yicong and Liu Bao's Hun cavalry to line up on the right flank of the army.He wants to go into battle in person and fight bloody battles with the soldiers.All the soldiers were familiar with Li Hong's style of work. If he didn't personally carry the gun into battle, everyone would be a little unaccustomed to it.Without Li Hong galloping on the battlefield, the generals always felt that something was missing.

Xian Yufu retracted his eyes and looked up at the sky.Song Wen and Yu Peng standing behind him looked at each other nervously, feeling a little suffocated in their hearts.The war is about to begin.

The fifth battalion of the Han army was in the middle, with Nie Xiao and Jiang Wu's iron cavalry on the left and Li Hong and Liu Bao's cavalry on the right.The infantry of the five battalions was led by Yan Liang's middle battalion, followed by Gao Lan's front battalion and Wen Chou's rear battalion.On both sides are Xianyuyin's left battalion and Huaxiong's right battalion.The front, middle and rear battalions are arranged vertically and densely.

Li Hong, Xian Yufu and the generals discussed for a long time about defeating the rebels. Finally, considering that the rebels were superior in number, they decided on an attack plan that would directly break through the rebels' central army and hit them with one blow.Although it is difficult to break through the enemy's central army, in today's situation where the rebel army is in a state of chaos, destroying the enemy's central army can achieve twice the result with half the effort.Under the command of Yan Liang, the front, middle and rear battalions of 1 people were responsible for defeating the enemy's central army.

Xian Yufu turned to look at the drum team behind the wooden stage.Hundreds of war drums lined up densely together, and the strong drummers raised their mallets and waited eagerly.

Xian Yufu waved his hand.

All of a sudden, the war drums sounded, shaking the world.

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Gao Shun and Li Yun stood side by side at the forefront of the army.

Li Yun is a young man in his 20s, tall and broad, with a round face, thick lips, needles all over his face, and a resolute expression.He looked back at the banners that covered the sky, and then stared at the towering banner of General Zhenbei for a long time.

"Ziping, you won this battle, will you go back?" Li Yun asked suddenly.

Gao Shun nodded.Li Yun glanced at him and whispered, "Ziping, I'm not going back."

Gao Shun turned to look at him with complicated eyes.

General Zhenbei is generous and treats his subordinates like brothers. It is of course very comfortable to be a soldier under such an adult. Even if he dies in battle, he is willing to do so.After seeing Li Yun that day, Li Hong praised him for willing to offend his superior for the sake of soldiers. Li Hong even said that if such a thing happened in my army, I would not only kill the officer who withheld his salary , but also reward you.Li Yun was in tears at that time.He was not grateful to Li Hong for his promotion, but shed tears because of Li Hong's understanding.

In this battle, Li Hong originally planned to put Gao Shun's troops at the front.Li Hong was deeply impressed by the bravery of Gao Shun and his subordinates.He told Xian Yufu that this was the most powerful attack sequence he had ever seen.Xian Yufu said that they had already suffered losses in the last encounter, and if they were allowed to take the lead this time, would the Hanoi soldiers have any objections?After all, they are not directly under the Zhenbei General's Mansion.Li Hong also felt that his idea was unreasonable, so he dismissed the idea immediately.

After Gao Shun and Li Yun heard about it, they immediately took the initiative to find Li Hong and asked to be the vanguard, but Li Hong refused. Later, Gao Lan came forward to speak for them, and Li Hong reluctantly agreed.Gao Shun took the lead, followed by Yan Liang's subordinates Lei Zhong, Chen Hao and Liao Lei.For the sharpness of the arrow, Li Hong put all the most elite parts to the front.

Gao Shun and Li Yun were very grateful for Li Hong's care for the Hanoi soldiers. It is worth dying to fight for such a person.

"It's up to you." Gao Shun sighed, and patted Li Yun's shoulder, "If you don't die, you can stay."

"What about you?"

"Lord Ding's kindness to me is as great as a mountain..." Gao Shun hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice.

"Ziping, Lord Ding needs you to work hard for him, so he released you. Is this a kindness like a mountain?" Li Yun interrupted Gao Shun, and angrily scolded, "He condoned his subordinates withholding military pay, this kind of person ..."

Gao Shun raised his hand to stop Li Yun from continuing, "If I don't die in this battle, I'll go back, you stay, don't talk anymore."

At this moment, the sound of attacking war drums suddenly sounded, and the whole army cheered and roared like thunder.

"Brothers, the enemy is killed..." Gao Shun raised his spear and shouted wildly.

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The drums sounded everywhere on the battlefield, the ground shook and the mountains shook, and the battle flags fluttering in the wind moved quickly with the fast-moving army, making people dazzled.

The infantry of both sides started almost at the same time, each maintaining a queue and striding forward.

The distance between the two sides was 150 steps, and the Han army stopped advancing and stabilized their formation.The strong archers of the Han army began to shoot rapidly amidst the roars of their respective superiors, and the long arrows flew into the sky with a frightening roar, and the long arrows all over the sky gathered into a huge black cloud, covering the sky and the sun, roaring Down.The rebel infantry lacked shields, lacked armor, almost no strong bows, and it was impossible to fight back, but they had their own methods of evasion. The soldiers with shields raised their shields, and those without shields raised a thick piece The plank, and then run fast, run as fast as you can.As long as they approach the Han army for eighty steps, their archers can fight back.

The arrow array of the Han army was dense and violent, endlessly. In just a few moments, tens of thousands of long arrows rushed into the sky, and then nailed them mercilessly on the running rebel soldiers like a violent storm. .Facing the bloody arrow array, the soldiers of the rebel army screamed and ran fearlessly. The long arrows roaring down were like giant beasts with their mouths open wantonly devouring one after another. Fresh life, some people were pierced by long arrows and flew upside down, some people were nailed to the ground viciously by long arrows, and more people fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, and were trampled into a bloody mess by the surging crowd Meatloaf.

The distance between the two sides is eighty steps.

"Pull up the shield..." With a loud roar and the sound of drums and thunder, all the soldiers raised their shields almost at the same time.Tens of thousands of shields formed a black shield array above the soldiers' heads that could resist the call of death. It was like a giant armor composed of black fish scales, covering the soldiers of the Han army.At the same time, a larger and higher shield was erected in front of the archers. They were like a high black wall, impenetrable.

Under the cover of their own shield soldiers, the rebel archers began to hold their ground and launched a fierce counterattack.

Arrows from both sides flew back and forth, and the screams of countless long arrows merged into piercing roars in the air, which was soul-stirring.

Below the arrow array, the rebel infantry divided into three gray dragons rushing at high speed, and rushed towards them with their teeth and claws open.The two gray dragons on the left and right are slender and long, like two long arrows whistling fiercely, and the gray dragon in the middle is thick and strong, sweeping across the air like a roaring sword.

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Xian Yufu frowned, and said to the Lingqi soldiers standing in the distance: "Tell Mr. Xianyu, Mr. Hua, block the attacks of the rebels from the left and the right, and don't retreat."

"Order Yan Daren to launch a strong attack immediately and destroy the middle of the rebel army."

"Send a signal to Master Zhang He and Master Zhang Xiao of the Chariot Battalion, ordering them to prepare to attack the rebel cavalry."

Song Wen pointed to the battlefield and said worriedly: "The rebels attack our left and right lanes with heavy troops. Mr. Xian Yu and Mr. Hua may not be able to stop them. Once the rebels break through our left and right lanes, Lord Yan's middle lane will be surrounded by the enemy Sir, do you think you want to order the cavalry on the two wings to attack immediately?"

Xian Yufu shook his head and said with a smile: "This battle has just begun, what are you in a hurry for? Twenty thousand versus sixty thousand, we can still win." He then looked at Song Wen and Yu Peng, pointed to the battlefield and said, "And Compared with last year in Western Xinjiang, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and the ordnance and equipment are not the same. Now our 5000 people are enough to withstand the 2 rebels."

Song Wen and Yu Peng nodded in sympathy.

"Today's battle, the key is to defeat the Karasuma cavalry. Without the support of the Karasuma cavalry, the rebel army is completely vulnerable. Unfortunately..." Xian Yufu sighed regretfully.He originally wanted to lead the Black Panther Yicong to fight in person, but Li Hong ruthlessly deprived him of this wish.

"Does your lord really want to fight?" Yu Peng saw Xian Yufu's thoughts and asked.

"I haven't fought in battle for a long time." Xian Yufu smiled, "Ever since I got infantry, I've been standing behind the battlefield..."

"My lord, it's started, the rebels are coming up..." Song Wen yelled.

"Boom..." The left and right sides of the rebel army rushed to the front of the Han army at the same time, and the fierce battle began.

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Han soldiers lined up densely.There are shield soldiers in the front row, and two spearmen in the back row. The spears are raised high out of the shield, which is cold to the bone. On both sides of the spearmen are two axemen. The archers are behind the spearmen. These six people form A small battle formation with both offense and defense.The blocking square formation of the Han army is composed of hundreds of such small battle formations.

Panta stood at the front of the army formation, held his sword in his hand, looked at the rebel soldiers who were getting closer, and kept shouting loudly: "Come, come, kill..."

He blocked the enemy's spear with the shield in his left hand, and slashed across the air with the saber in his right hand, chopping on the enemy's forehead with one blow, bleeding everywhere.

Countless rebel soldiers rushed forward, countless spears pierced into the battle formation, knives and axes roared, long arrows fluttered, roars, screams, and the sound of gold and iron were mixed together, which was deafening.Panta was trapped in the crowd, rushing from left to right, invincible in front of him, lost his direction in an instant, he couldn't hear anything clearly, except for roaring and dodging the enemy's assassination, the rest was to use his sword incessantly Cut, cut quickly, and in a blink of an eye, Panta was covered in blood from top to bottom.

At the other end of the battle formation, He Feng held a halberd in one hand and a saber in the other, fighting with all his might, unstoppable.A spear rubbed against his waist and pierced into the abdomen of the swordsman who was following him, and then He Feng saw a piece of bloody intestines being pulled out along with the spear point. , flew forward, pierced the enemy soldier's throat with a halberd, and chopped off the enemy soldier's head with a knife. Amidst the blood spurting, a war knife slashed viciously on He Feng's head, and sparks shot out from the iron helmet.He Fengru was struck by lightning, he knelt down with a plop, his eyes were pitch black.He Feng touched his head subconsciously.The head was still there, but blood was streaming from under the helmet.He reluctantly opened his eyes, and saw his subordinates were roaring loudly, rushing to his side without thinking about their own safety.He Feng suddenly came to his senses, "Who killed me? Who is it?" He turned over and stood up, his bloody eyes widened and he found the enemy soldier who slashed him, and roared loudly, "I slashed you alive." He Feng slashed four people like crazy, rushed to the side of the enemy soldier holding a knife, and slashed at the opponent more than a dozen times in one breath, until the man was bloody and bloody, even his head was gone.The rebels were terrified by He Feng's madness, and when they saw him coming to kill with a knife, they fled in all directions.

Standing in the center of the battle formation, Xianyu Yin held a garrison knife, looking around coldly, with a murderous look on his handsome face.

The first row of soldiers was exhausted, and in the second row, there were only fallen soldiers, but no retreating soldiers.

The battles are fierce and brutal.

Chen Mazi showed great power, and there was no one standing at the place where the spear was flying. The soldiers following him were shocked by the bravery of the Shangguan, shouted forward, and rushed forward for more than 30 steps in a row, until the enemy general Chen San It was only when they arrived with a group of wolf-like guards that they suppressed their attacking momentum.Chen Mazi didn't know the north, south, east, and west at this time. He led his subordinates on a rampage, killing heartily, and there was no thought of retreating in his mind.Chen San commanded his personal guards to surround Chen Mazi, and at the same time he went around killing the Han soldiers who followed him.Seeing his own guards fell in a pool of blood one by one, Chen San finally couldn't help but shot them.When Chen Mazi met his opponent, he became even more excited, and became more courageous as he fought, even his voice changed.

Chang Gong in the battle formation heard Chen Mazi's strange cry, and only then realized that he was dozens of steps away from the battle formation, and was surrounded by rebels.Chang Gong was taken aback, grabbed a quiver, rushed up with a few soldiers.

"Mazi, turn back, turn back quickly..." Chang Gong yelled wildly, shooting arrows like beads, several people quickly formed an invincible assault formation, and marched forward bravely, the rebels around were beaten by them, and even more Being shot by the ubiquitous long arrows of Chang Gong, there is nowhere to go.

Chen Mazi was held back by Chen San's fierce attack, and he lost the protection of the soldiers behind him. He was suddenly in danger, stabbed one after another, and his body was full of blood.The severe pain finally made him wake up. He heard Chang Gong's cry, and immediately retreated while fighting, preparing to meet Chang Gong.Chen San and the rebels swarmed up, vowing to kill him.Chang Gong's long arrows flew like flying, and shot and killed four enemy soldiers blocking Chen Mazi's back in a row.

When Chen San saw that Chen Mazi was about to be rescued by the Han soldiers, he became more and more furious. With a roar, he took a few steps and ran headfirst into Chen Mazi's spearhead. He shook his gun and stabbed him. He fought for his life Change your life.He is even more ruthless than Chen Dazi, and now that he has the long arrows of the long bow behind him as a cover, he is even more tyrannical.Chen Mazi suddenly threw away the spear in his hand, grabbed the tip of Chen San, and with both hands, broke the tip of the spear with a "crack". Before Chen San could react, Chen Mazi had already jumped on him. The tip of the gun was inserted into Chen San's eye socket.Immediately, there was a terribly miserable howl on the battlefield, and Chen San died.

The rebel was stunned and angry, "Kill...to avenge the Lord...Kill..."

Chang Gong protected Chen Mazi, and several people ran back into the battle formation in a panic, followed by the rebel soldiers who launched a more ferocious attack with unprecedented anger.

Hua Xiong stood quietly behind the phalanx, watching the brutal fight ahead, smelling the strong blood in the air, a sneer appeared on his face.It's still early, this is just the beginning.

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Gao Shun retreated panting with two of his own soldiers.This is the number of times he retreated to take a breath, he can't remember clearly, he only knows that he leads five soldiers to form a battle formation to charge up each time, but every time he retreats, only one or two soldiers are still tight Follow yourself closely, and the rest are already dead in battle.In order to maintain his physical strength, he and Li Yun took turns leading twenty battle formations to charge forward bravely.

Gao Shun breathed in the unpleasant bloody air, and looked around.On his left is Lei Zhong's trilogy.This unattractive army commander was extremely brave. He led his subordinates to protect his left wing, followed every step, and did not miss a step.On the right is Chen Hao's part. This scholar with a big ax left a deep impression on him. It was the first time he saw such a sturdy scholar. It would be very difficult for him to chop down with his thunderous axe. Parry.Next to Lei Chong was Xu Huang from Hedong. Xu Huang was also a big axe, but compared to Chen Haolai, his big ax was a little more elegant and calm, and a little less violent and crazy.Immediately behind Chen Hao was Yanmen Zhang Zhen, who was also a titan. Gao Shun admired his calmness and calmness in killing people.In the rear of the army is Lord Captain Wen Chou, who led Yan Zhao and Wu Xiong to hold the ground, maintaining the sharp assault posture of the army in the middle.

He had heard of the prestige of Captain Yan Liang a long time ago. It is said that he is the number one general under General Zhenbei's account. Now he is carrying a big knife upside down, walking leisurely with Captain Gao Lan and a group of soldiers. In the middle of the army formation, the two chatted as they walked, as if they were not here to fight, but to hunt.On such a bloody and tragic battlefield, Gao Shun not only admired, but worshiped the two adults who could still walk leisurely in the courtyard like this.Not a seasoned general, how can he have this kind of bearing?Although they were in the same grade as him, when it came to the battles he had experienced, he was far beyond his reach. This was the first time he participated in a battle with 10,000+ people like today.

He looked up at the blue sky, and suddenly he was full of pride and fighting spirit.

"Brothers, let's fight again, let's go..."

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On the battlefield, drums were beating, flags were flying, and the sound of fierce fighting went straight into the sky.

On the battlefield with a radius of about one mile, more than 8 infantry soldiers from both sides entangled and fought fiercely.On the left side of the battlefield, 5000 soldiers of the Han army Xian Yuyin faced off against the 4000 soldiers of the rebels Zhang Yun and Tian Qiang.In the middle of the battlefield, the front, middle and back three battalions of the Han army with 1 people are attacking and killing the army of the rebel Liu Shi.At this time, Liu Shi's army could no longer support it and was gradually retreating.

On the Han army's position in the south of the battlefield, the cavalry on the left and right wings are ready to go, while on the two wings of the rebel position in the north, [-] Karasuma cavalry are ready to attack.

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Zhang Chun looked at the gradually retreating army in the middle with an ugly expression on his face.The strength of the Han army is too strong, not only is the ordnance and equipment very sophisticated, but the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Han army has an absolute advantage.Liu Shi's 1 people were passively beaten except for a slight advantage when they first attacked. If it continues, Liu Shi's 1 people will be defeated by Han in less than an hour. The army was defeated.

The attacks from the left and the right were completely blocked.The Han army used a battalion of 5000 troops on the left and right sides of the battlefield to block their own army of more than 4 people. It is especially unbelievable that their general Chen San was killed by the Han army not long after the battle. .

Zhang Chun was helpless and frustrated.After all, his own army is still a mob. Although it lacks weapons, what it lacks is fighting power. It is not an opponent of the imperial army at all.Think back to the time when the great virtuous teachers rebelled, there used to be millions of troops, but these scattered troops were defeated by Huangfusong, Lu Zhi and Zhu Jun successively with tens of thousands of troops.Now it seems that the huge difference in combat effectiveness is still the main reason for the failure.Even if a great virtuous teacher does not die, he will still be defeated.

Zhang Chun sighed silently, and looked back at the Karasuma cavalry lined up on both wings.Whether today's battle can be a draw or not depends on them.

He no longer expected a miracle to defeat the leopard, not to mention that he did not have the confidence to defeat the leopard.The 12 iron cavalry of the Xianbei were defeated by him, let alone himself.Thinking of Xianbei's defeat and Helian's death, Zhang Chun suddenly lost confidence in the Karasuma cavalry.Did Leopard have a way to deal with these Karasuma people?
Zhang Chun waved his hand.

In an instant, the flag was shaken, the drums were beating, and the iron cavalry was started.

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(End of this chapter)