Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 339

Chapter 342

There is a saying that generals are not afraid of death, so why should scholars cherish their lives.

Gao Shi remained calm in the face of danger, which somewhat affected the emotions of the soldiers around him.

Under Gao Shi's hasty blocking, the charging momentum of the dead men from Zhongli Guard was stopped.

Gao Shi's elite guards were trained after the Qilin Guards. They were all strong and strong men. Everyone held horizontal knives, carried crossbows on their backs, and wore bright armor. The equipment can be said to be extremely sophisticated in this era.Although Zhongli's guards were very brave, Gao Shi's personal guards were not too bad. Although they were not as well-trained as Ran Ming's Qilin guards, they were much stronger than the average army.

Even if they only have a team of dozens of people, it will make it difficult for the enemy to move.

Attached to Gao Shi gradually stabilized the deterioration of the situation, Wei Junding's navy began to quickly gather, and morale slowly recovered.However, at this moment, Gao Shi made a low-level mistake.

There are more than 500 people in Gao Shi's department, which are divided into five songs, each of which has [-] to [-] people.

The commander of the right army of the Ding Navy saw that Gao Shi was in danger, so he brought more than [-] people who had assembled in a hurry, holding torches, and came to support Gao Shi.However, when there were two or three hundred steps away from Gao Shi, a rain of arrows suddenly flew in the dark, and more than half of the three hundred people were shot down.

The formation suddenly became chaotic, and there were screams everywhere.

Only then did Gao Shi realize that lighting a torch by yourself in the dark night can only illuminate the sight of a few dozen steps in front of you.Other places are still invisible.In the dark night, with a torch in your hand, you actually become a living target for the enemy.

In desperation, Gao Shi gave a dizzy order: "Quickly put out the torch."

Hearing the order, the soldier holding the torch quickly extinguished the torch, but made another more serious mistake.People's eyes suddenly turn from bright places to dark places, and the eyesight will decline for a period of time.On the battlefield, things change rapidly, and this short vision loss gives the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Sure enough, Zhong Liwei didn't let go of this opportunity. Seeing Gao Shi ordered the torches to be extinguished, he commanded a team of Xifu troops to kill them.

"Ah!" A shrill scream resounded through the night sky, and the Ding Navy, which was organized in the shortest time, was killed and fled in all directions.

As a result, a chain reaction was triggered. The morale of Dinghai, which had just been raised, suddenly fell to freezing point, and the camp that had just stabilized fell into panic again.

In order to increase the chaos in Dinghai's barracks, Zhongliwei ordered his soldiers to pour fuel oil on Wei's tents and the eight-ox crossbow carts piled outside, and set fire to the camp.

After a while, the Wei Jun camp was engulfed in a sea of ​​flames, and the flames soared into the sky. The fire in the Wei Jun camp could be clearly seen from as far as the city wall of Jiankang.

At this time, Gao Shi was already scarred and his armor was stained with blood. The remaining ten or so personal guards advised him to retreat.

Gao Shi shouted: "Our Great Wei has no generals who escaped, only generals who died in battle. I would rather die here than take a step back."

How can Sai Weng lose his horse and know that it is not a blessing?

Although Zhongliwei had fulfilled his wish and burned a large number of Wei army's tents, eight-ox crossbow carts and Xiangyang cannons, the fierce fire also opened up the view of the Wei army's camp. Even less than them.

After nearly half an hour of continuous chaos in the Wei army camp, it finally stabilized slowly.

The Ding Navy assembled according to their respective organizational systems. More importantly, they also had an army on board, and those sailors rushed to help.

Seeing that reinforcements were approaching, the morale of Wei Junding's navy was greatly boosted.

Huan Wen saw that the reinforcements from the Wei army had arrived, and more than half of the eight ox crossbow carts had been destroyed by him. His goal had been accomplished, so he ordered Zhongli's guards to retreat.

Huan Wen, who was watching the formation behind, said regretfully: "It's a pity, it's a pity. If the general didn't send 8000 soldiers to attack the camp, but sent [-] men, he would definitely be able to kill all the Wei troops."

Xi Chao shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Duke Ming, if we mobilize [-] troops, we will definitely alarm the scouts of the Wei Army, and we will not be able to catch them by surprise, otherwise we will be caught by the Wei Army."

Before dawn, Ran Ming received Gao Shi's battle report.

In this night attack on the Wei army, a total of 69 eight-ox crossbow carts were lost, more than 100 marching tents were burned, weapons, food and grass suffered heavy losses, and more importantly, casualties. , There were more than 800 casualties, of which more than 500 were killed and more than [-] were seriously injured.

Ran Ming carefully checked the battle report, and then carefully investigated the detailed process. In fact, Gao Shi had an unshirkable responsibility for this major loss.

First of all, he did not arrange a reserve team.

When Ran Ming uses troops, no matter how difficult the conditions are, he will keep a reserve team, so that he can deal with emergencies at critical times.Especially in such a situation where the two armies are facing each other, Ran Ming usually leaves one-third of the army without any rest, and gathers together in an organized way to prevent the enemy from attacking at night.

Gao Shi, as the chief admiral of the Ding Navy, not only did not do this, nor did he ask the navy for help at the first time.Meeting on a narrow road, the brave wins. At this moment, Gao Shi did not mobilize the Wei army.Even if he didn't do anything, ordering all the troops to form a simple crossbow formation according to the organizational system would cause the Xifu Army to be beaten head to toe.

After reading the battle report, Ran Ming was so angry that he vomited blood again.

Ran Ming wanted to deal with Gao Shi, but he didn't have any generals under his command who could take advantage of him. In desperation, he had no choice but to demote Gao Shi three ranks in a row and keep him, and beat him with thirty army sticks.Ran Ming said again: "Notify Ding Haijun to withdraw Gu Gu back to Dinghai immediately, so as not to embarrass Gu Gu here."

"My lord. Is it such a pity? We finally seized this opportunity? If we don't get some benefits from Jin, we will retreat now. This opportunity will be missed." When Du Cong was recording, he suddenly paused.He gestured to Ran Ming: "My lord, it's too early to retreat now. If we retreat at this time, we will get nothing. Although the Ding Navy has lost a lot, its strength still exists. They still have more than 3000 people. For the lost equipment, there is still a reserve on the warship, and there is no shortage of food and grass on the warship."

Ran Ming hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

Ran Ming continued: "Tell Gao Shi, you must know your shame and be brave. I don't want to see this happen again. If there is another time, I don't want to deal with Gao Shi. Let him find a place where no one is around and jump." to the sea to feed the fish."

The night battle at Yanziji also made the Eastern Jin Dynasty feel relieved.

Although the officials who were born in the gentry did not like Huan Wen very much, Huan Wen must have not turned against the Jin Dynasty. If he won the battle, it means that the Eastern Jin Dynasty won the battle.Therefore, everyone drank happily and played the crown to celebrate.

In great contrast to the festive atmosphere of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Xie Mansion in Wuyi Lane.

Ever since the incident of Ran Ming's assassination, Xie Yi, who was a key suspect, lost the look in his eyes.At this time, he also understood that his unintentional mistake had already brought disaster to the Xie family.

In the past, there was a lot of traffic in front of Xie's mansion, and there was a constant flow of people looking for connections and friendship.But now, it is simply empty.

The current patriarch, Xie Shang, often feels dizzy. He knows his physical condition may mean that his end is approaching.However, at this season, he is more concerned about the interests of the family.Xie Shang, who had been ill for several days, suddenly saw Xie An and Xie Yi visiting him at the same time.

"Wu Yi, An Shi. Are you two sick too?" Xie Shang looked at his cousin, who was ten years younger than him, who also showed a lot of aging, and seemed extremely concerned.

Xie Yi shook his head, sighed deeply, and said, "General Huan and Wei Jun are fighting."

Xie Shang was taken aback, and blurted out: "Wei army defeated?"

Xie An was surprised and said: "Brother doesn't stay at home, why did he know about this?"

Xie Shang stretched out his weak hand, pointed at Xie Yi and said, "Just look at Wu Yi's face. If Wei Jun wins, his face won't be so ugly."

Xie Shang knew that Wei Jun's 4000 troops were approaching Jiankang, and he also understood that it would be too far-fetched to say that Wei Jun wanted to find a place for Ran Ming, and the main thing was for Wei Guo to make a show.Three to 4000 people, no matter how powerful the Wei army is, they will not be able to defeat Jiankang.For Jiankang, which is densely populated along the river, this amount of soldiers and horses can't make any waves at all.

But once there is a big fight, the conflict between Wei and Jin will be further intensified.If it is not done well, Wei Jun will go south, and it will be ahead of schedule.

Xie An said: "Yesterday, during the daytime battle, General Huan suffered a small loss, but at night he sent an army of the Xifu Army to attack the Wei camp at night, and the Wei army was defeated. The loss of food and supplies is countless."

Xie Shang coughed, and said to Xie An: "An Shi, the time is not waiting for me, we should make a decision early!"

"Ah!" Xie An didn't seem to understand what Xie Shang meant.

Xie Shang pointed to Xie An and said, "Don't pretend to be confused with me here. It's about the future of the family. There must be a trade-off."

Xie An did not give up and said: "The dispute between Jin and Wei, don't you think that brother is not optimistic about Jin at all?"

"That's right! I'm not optimistic about Jin. In fact, Jin has no chance of defeating Wei. You haven't seen the real Wei army, so you don't know how powerful they are."

Xie Shang gasped and said: "From the beginning of the founding of Wei to now, which year has it not been spent in war? They are born fighters, born for war. Think back then, how rampant were the Huns? The Huns How? Luoyang was conquered with 2 horses. But Ran Min only used 30 soldiers and horses to expel 14 Huns cavalry for a hundred miles and beheaded [-]. The [-] soldiers and horses of the Hu coalition forces in the north can't help Ran Min Min's [-] troops. The Qiang and Di coalition forces with more than [-] troops were unable to defeat Ran Min's [-] exhausted troops. Xianbei's [-] troops defeated Ran Min's [-] troops. Almost the entire army was wiped out."

"Now the State of Wei has unified the north and occupied the fertile land of the Central Plains. It has more than 20 soldiers. More importantly, they have all gone through the battle of Yan Wei and Qin Wei. Xifu is too strong."

Xie Shang went on to say: "If the Wei army doesn't move, it's enough. If it moves, it will definitely be shocking."

(End of this chapter)