Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2052 The battle is dangerous and Dangyang Bridge is defeated

  In the early morning, there is some mist.

   Surrounding the north of Xiangyang is a stretch of camps.

  The torrential Han River somewhat washed away some of the war smoke and blood that permeated around Xiangyang. After the defeat of Gan Ning, Xiangyang City lost the protection of the Han River, leaving only the shell of the city wall.

After days of battle, the area of ​​Xiangyang Hanshui was covered with various traces left over from the battle, including but not limited to corpses of various forms, broken flags, broken arrows, coagulated blood, charred The equipment, on the entire battlefield, was extremely tragic, and it really taught the Jingzhou people who had seldom experienced battles a lesson.

Occasionally, a team of more than ten people will come out of the camp and then patrol the battlefield. Generally, these people will search for the remains of their comrades-in-arms, and they will also pick up some useful artifacts at the same time. Of course, most of the time they will not Find something good, but occasionally get a small gain, that is, the small happiness of these people between life and death on the battlefield.

  The two sides have temporarily ceased fighting, but above the city of Xiangyang, among the shaking figures, there is still some panic.

  Cao Jun has fought south and north in recent years, attacking cities and conquering land, and they are mainly infantry. They have rich experience in siege warfare, which is beyond the expectations of Jingzhou soldiers.

In the previous five days, Cao Jun was commanded by Xiahou Dun, and launched an attack from two directions. The offensive was like a tide, and it seemed that there was no time to stop. In addition, the combat effectiveness of Cao Jun's soldiers was generally better than that of Jingzhou soldiers. If it weren't for the desperate resistance of Wenpin on the city wall, the battle preparations in Xiangyang City are indeed well stocked, and I am afraid that it would have been captured by Cao Bing long ago.

   It is precisely because of seeing how powerful Cao Jun’s soldiers are, so even if Cao Jun has not attacked for the time being, the soldiers at the head of Xiangyang City dare not relax. I am afraid that in the next moment, Cao Jun will roar and launch a new wave of offensive...

  Although Wenpin was tired, he still patrolled the city. Compared with Cao Jun's offensive outside the city, he was more worried about the morale of the soldiers and the people inside the city.

   Morale, an invisible and intangible thing, greatly affects the success or failure of cold weapon battles, and the strong strength displayed by Cao Jun has made the only morale in Xiangyang City that was originally exhausted rapidly.

  Wen Pin couldn't help but looked up at the gate tower.

   Liu Cong in the city gate tower barely showed his face on the first day of Cao Jun's attack, but never showed his face again.

  Are you afraid?

  Wenpin can understand, but understanding does not mean support.

  Ordinary people can be afraid, afraid, and even loathe war, but now Liu Cong, as the heir and heir to the great cause of Jingzhou, does not stand up when he should, then in the future...

  The reason why Liu Biao put Liu Cong here deliberately, in Wenpin's view, is naturally to force Liu Cong to grow up as soon as possible, but in such a situation, sometimes there is indeed an epiphany, and sometimes it is a seedling.

  Wen Pin lowered his eyes and continued to move forward, but in his heart, he didn't know how far he could go on this road.

The war is fierce and the war is dangerous. The natives of Jingzhou in Xiangyang finally lost the desire to drink wine and sing, and every family fell into panic. Facing the unknown future, it was inevitable that a feeling called The emotion of fear, then spawns something else.

Historically, before the Battle of Chibi, most of the natives of Jingzhou still behaved detached from the outside world, reclusive and high-spirited, often gathered in threes and fives to drink and sing songs, looked down on Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and did not have much affection for Cao Cao . Fishing in a lone boat with coir raincoats and bamboo horses seems like a paradise.

  Now, what is presented in Xiangyang City is another ecological environment.

  On the long street, it was basically requisitioned temporarily by the war. Sitting or lying soldiers, horizontal or vertical equipment, complete or incomplete armor, all smelled of blood and sweat, as well as the smell of dust and mud. The death breath of rotten and festering wounds is just like a beggar camp. Does it have a little bit of the appearance of the Jingchu cultural sanctuary in the past?

  The houses near the city wall were all demolished. One was to supplement the consumption of rolling stones and wood, and the other was also for the convenience of gathering troops. Many ordinary civilians were forced to become wartime labor force, responsible for moving materials and equipment. Some identities are like being in prison, and they can't travel easily. Of course, even if they can travel, they can't go anywhere.

  When the war has not come, everyone is a fearless person, patting their chests and expressing what kind of war is. I am full of courage! If I really want to go to the battlefield, I don’t have any ambiguity about **** the Quartet, but when I really see the war, those guys who always say what they say, and what they do, all of them seem to have too much bile Like jaundice, he shrank his neck, like a frightened quail, shivering with his head shrunk under his armpit.

  In such an environment, some people gathered secretly and started some conversations.

  『Keep in good health without regrets in death. hehe…"

  『Maybe there should be an argument, “It’s not me, it’s a soldier.” Humph...』

  『Those who drive people away for Tang and Wu, Jie and Zhou also...』

  『How is it today? 』

  『The people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least. That's why you get the people of Qiu to be the son of heaven, you get the son of heaven to be a prince, and you get the princes to be a great official. If the feudal lords endanger the country..."

  『Hmph…』

"hehe…"

  『Hush…』

  『Chacha…』

  In the dark room, faint lights and shadows swayed. Although they spoke human words, they looked like ghosts.

  …U·ェ·*U…

  Changbanpo, Dangyang Bridge.

  If it wasn't for Mr. Luo's rich ink, I'm afraid it might not have much fame.

  After Jiangdong Panzhang conquered Maicheng, the Jingzhou soldiers who were originally in Nanjun fled all the way north, and learned that Cao Jun had besieged Xiangyang. Jiangdong naturally took over various places in Jingzhou Nanjun and began to search.

  Changbanpo is the north-south passage, which belongs to the area that must be passed through for transshipment from the surrounding area, so there are naturally Jiangdong soldiers and horses stationed, and the main general is Pan Zhang's Sima, Ma Zhong.

  Ma Zhong was originally a hunter in the mountains. Among other things, his archery skills are still good. Since he followed Pan Zhang north to Jingzhou, he has naturally gained a lot of benefits, but he has been a little bit burnt these days.

Jingzhou has good water and soil, a large population, and a lot of pigs, sheep, dogs, and chickens. There are also all kinds of materials, large and small, all of which are dazzling. Come on, there is naturally a problem in terms of manpower capacity.

   At Changbanpo in Dangyang, there is a gathering of hedgehogs. The traffic jams are so congested that the convoys from different places refuse to give way to each other, and everyone has to pass first. The transfer army Hou Duwei who led the auxiliary soldiers and civilians grabbed Ma Zhong and quarreled around him endlessly. Everyone expressed that they wanted to pass here as soon as possible, first and most complete, but even Ma Zhong had four heads and eight heads. One hand can effectively coordinate, but how can he generate enough chariots, horses and manpower out of thin air to transfer so many things in a short time?

Some have to go by water, some have to go by land, ships, mules and horses all need to be deployed, and Ma Zhong's background is lower, and these guys who plunder resources in the east of the river may not have higher positions than Ma Zhong, but they are more or less the same as Ma Zhong. The Jiangdong family has some influences, so it is natural for Ma Zhong to shout and drink, and he is not polite. Sometimes Ma Zhong has to hold back his anger, nodding and bowing to reconcile, and all day long, he deals with these trivial matters. Things, but I can't get angry, I can only hold back, not to mention how depressed I am.

   They all came from humble backgrounds, but Pan Zhang could not give Jiangdong family face, but he, Ma Zhong, could not. The reason, it's very simple, if you don't understand it, you don't have to hang around in Jiangdong.

  In some people’s minds, there are two kinds of people who hate the most in the world. One is the one who doesn’t line up and jumps indiscriminately, and the other is when I want to jump in the queue and won’t let me jump in the queue...

  So when Ma Zhong accommodated once, he found that not only failed to solve the problem, but caused more problems, and these problems became contradictory to each other, and even became more complicated. Ma Zhong, who had been running back and forth for a day, finally made it to dusk, and the transportation matters came to an end. He felt as if he was stepping on cotton under his feet, and he was a little staggered. Still tired from battle! 』

Just when Ma Zhong couldn't bear it anymore and was about to go back to have a good sleep, he suddenly felt the ground shaking. At first, Ma Zhong thought he was tired, but when he saw the surrounding soldiers, they all turned pale and stared at him. When he was on the ground, he suddenly realized and shouted, "It's a cavalry!" Enemy attack! Enemy attack! 』

  There are not many cavalry in Jiangdong, so who else can come? It must be the enemy!

  In the dark sky, groups of cavalry figures suddenly appeared in the distance, filling the entire vision. Needless to say, these cavalrymen also wrapped their horseshoes in cloth, and when they approached Changbanpo, they suddenly launched a surprise attack!

  When Ma Zhong discovered these cavalrymen, the cavalrymen of Cao Jun who suddenly appeared in Changbanpo had raised their horses to the highest speed, held their spears high, waved their sabers, and rushed towards Ma Zhong's temporary camp here!

  Screaming shouts sounded one after another: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! Cao Jun! It's Cao Jun! 』

Jiangdong who was resting in the camp was all alarmed, and rushed out without thinking, some remembered to hold knives and guns, and some rushed out empty-handed, but returned halfway after running, and then met the soldiers behind They collided together and rolled on the ground in all directions.

No one thought that Cao Jun would appear here. Whether it was Pan Zhang, Ma Zhong, or other Jiangdong generals, they all thought that Cao Cao must first conquer Xiangyang before he could go south. When will he see Xiangyang being conquered? It is not too late to prepare for the battle against Cao Cao, so Jiangdong is busy moving and searching, and no one is paying attention to defending Cao Cao for the time being...

  Then Cao Jun's cavalry rushed in front of him and hit Ma Zhong in the face!

Changbanpo, near Dangyang, was originally a north-south passage, from the south to Pingchuan. When the cavalry of Cao Jun charged forward and attacked, Lian Zhang Sanye inevitably dismantled the Dangyang bridge and fled after screaming twice. Said Ma Zhong these Jiangdong soldiers.

   Indeed, the Jiangdong Army is very strong on the water, but on land, let’s give it a 20% discount first...

  The problem is that Jiang Dongbing didn't realize this at the beginning.

In the Han Dynasty, the climate in the south was hot. Without air-conditioning, it was difficult for fat people to survive. Under the survival of the fittest, most of the Jiangdong people living in the south of the Han Dynasty were slightly short, with flexible stature and low center of gravity, which made them It is easier to find the center of gravity on the swaying and undulating surface of the boat, and even toss and jump like walking on the ground.

People in the north, especially between the white mountains and the black waters, when they don’t have special warm clothing, because they need to resist the cold, and without a fat layer, it’s relatively difficult to survive, so the colder the place, the bigger the body , the thicker the fat, the stronger the ability to resist beatings. Simply put, it means thick blood and resistance to beatings.

If you usually fight alone, it is difficult to make a conclusion whether it is more flexible or blood is stronger, but in the army formation, when you are facing a group of hundreds of people gathered together, there is no doubt that blood is more powerful. Thick ones have a natural advantage. In the army formation, there are people on the left and right, no matter how flexible they are, where can they hide? The people from Jiangdong, who fell down after being hit, naturally trembled when they saw the Qingzhou soldiers who were still fighting with blood on their bodies.

  Of course, it doesn't mean that the Jiangdong soldiers are completely unusable. When facing Cao Jun's cavalry, the Jiangdong soldiers also counterattacked to a certain extent. Most of the Jiangdong soldiers are part-time archers in the navy, and almost everyone is equipped with bows and arrows. Therefore, even if there is no special order, they instinctively fired at Cao Jun's cavalry.

  Including Ma Zhong.

The bow and arrow are within fifty steps, and their penetrating power and lethality are astonishing. The cavalrymen of Cao Jun who were shot almost fell to the ground immediately, and the men and horses rolled into a ball. However, the distance of fifty steps can only make Jiang Dong The soldier just shot one or two arrows, and then the cold blade chopped down on the tip of the nose with a whistling sound!

On the other side, for the cavalry of Cao Jun, it is the most comfortable thing to charge the infantry that cannot form an array, especially the archers. It is said that Cao Jun's cavalry fell down because of the counterattack of Jiangdong's soldiers, but at the next moment, Jiangdong's soldiers were crying for their parents and mothers, and were shocked into the shape of Cao's cavalry.

   mentioned the limit of the horse speed, making the horses seem to be galloping with all four hooves in the air. Cao Jun's cavalry had to shrink behind the horse's neck to reduce the arrow receiving area as much as possible, and then when they broke into the formation of Jiangdong soldiers, their bright swords shone sharply, bringing up pieces of flesh and blood!

Ma Zhong shot and killed a few cavalrymen of Cao Jun, and then the cavalrymen of Cao Jun rushed to the front. Ma Zhong almost couldn't stand it with the saber cut down by the horsepower, and then saw the next cavalryman of Cao Jun stabbing him with a long spear, he was frightened. He cried out with a groan, not caring about his image and decency, the lazy donkey rolled over and dodged.

  In a blink of an eye, Changbanpo was in a mess, filled with fireworks, and a sea of ​​corpses and blood.

Jiangdong soldiers were originally supposed to be covered by camps, but now there is a problem with the defense system itself. The passing convoys of mules and horses congested the intersection, occupying a large area. The Jiangdong soldiers had to extend outward for management, which exposed the vital points outside the original defense system.

Cao Jun came in a surprise attack. If these convoys can respond effectively, integrate them, and form an array of baggage vehicles to fight against, it may be a different situation, but these transshipment people are all under different ownership, and there is no such thing as Changbanpo. General Jiangdong dispatched in the middle, how could it be possible to cooperate?

   As a result, even Ma Zhong ran for his life in embarrassment, and the Jiangdong soldiers at Changbanpo naturally collapsed.

  The cavalry cavalry of Cao Jun who rushed to kill them later charged into the Jiangdong camp, throwing fire igniters everywhere, hacking and killing everywhere. Jiangdong soldiers and civilian husbands mixed together, shouting and running aimlessly on the battlefield. And those transfer army Hou Sima, who was coaxed in front of Ma Zhong before, is not much better now, even worse than the civilian husband, and only cares about running for his life with his tail between his legs!

  Changbanpo, Dangyang Bridge.

  Jiangdong soldiers played the role of Liu Bei's army in history. They were driven everywhere by Cao Jun's cavalry. The collapsed array could not be cleaned up. Many people's goals coincided with one place, which was the Dangyang Bridge on the Dangyang River!

  Hundreds of people rushed towards Dangyang Bridge, and then crowded on the bridge deck.

   Then it was like being constipated, just at the bridgehead, stuck.

  Obviously crossing the bridge is spacious, but the Jiangdong soldiers and civilians crowded on the bridge are unable to move an inch. The people who were stuck on the bridge blushed and tried to move forward with bared teeth and claws, but they couldn't move. It was unknown how many people were squeezed by the people behind and fell into the water. Sink and float towards the downstream.

More and more fires rose up, and the goods that the Jiangdong soldiers had finally looted were ignited, and the smoke filled all around, and the flames danced, and there was the sound of cavalry cavalry getting closer and closer, coupled with the sound of cavalry controlled by the ears. Unceasing panic and screaming, this episode has more and more destroyed the only rationality of these Jiangdong soldiers and civilians, and also made them lose the ability to think, only thinking about running for their lives along the flow of people, and then aggravated the crisis of Dangyang Bridge. The burden makes the phenomenon of constipation more and more serious.

  Cao Jun approached, and then threw all the cloth and grease collected by Jiangdong soldiers towards the crowded crowd at Dangyang Bridge, and even drove the mules and horses directly, and then followed by torches...

There are so many people on the bridge and under the bridge. In fact, if they really want to be burned, they may not be able to burn all of them at once, but when people's natural fear of fire is ignited, even if they are not directly burned, it is still all kinds of screams. Howling, the sound shook the sky. More and more people crowded on the bridge, and the Dangyang Bridge, which was originally not considered strong, could no longer support it. With the dense crowd on the bridge, it suddenly fell from the middle, splashing a large amount of water, which aroused even more excitement. Shocking cry!

  (end of this chapter)