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Chapter 383: Lian Po Crosses the River, A Good Start

When Guanzhong in the west was still in a state of impending war, the war between the Zhao army and the Wei army had quietly begun in the Yellow River battlefield in the east.

This is the tenth day when the two sides face each other across the river. On this morning, the Wei general Wei Qi received quite good news - the troops led by the Chu general Qu Yuan had entered the territory of Wei and could arrive in another three or four days.

Once the Chu people arrive, the troops of Wei on the south bank of the Yellow River will reach 170,000. After a while, the troops that had just destroyed Xue in Mangmao will arrive, and this number will increase to 220,000.

Overall, things are getting better and better.

Seeing that the people of Zhao were unable to cross the river for a long time, the morale of the Wei army camp gradually increased, and the tense atmosphere dissipated a lot. The behavior of patrolling and pulling out the crotch to the Zhao army camp on the other side became even more popular. In the words of a general of Wei, it was "thinking that these people of Zhao saw this general peeing at them but were helpless to me, this felt so good!"

On the other side, Lian Po's expression was very calm.

After breakfast, a large number of Zhao soldiers began to go out of the camp and lined up on the river bank.

This situation immediately aroused the vigilance of the Wei State, and the Wei cavalry immediately gathered a large number of soldiers and was ready for battle.

Lian Po immediately looked at the Wei army on the other side of the river. The formation on the opposite side was not only quite scattered, but also the banner also seemed very loose. He couldn't help but sneer: "Wei Wushang swept the world back then, but he didn't expect that in just a hundred years, the soldiers of the Wei Kingdom were actually weak to this point... By the way, Shen Jing, what time is it now?"

The Zhao State side general Shen Jing hurriedly replied: "Go back to General, Chen Shisan just passed a little after a while."

Lian Po thought for a while and said, "It should be almost done. Send the order and drag all the ships out!"

As the Great Ferry on the Yellow River, Suxukou was temporarily swept by the Wei army, but the experienced boatmen still hid a lot of ships. In addition, the craftsmen of Zhao State were repairing and building them very quickly. After working overtime, Lian Po now has more than 200 ships. Although most of them are small boats, the problem of transporting a thousand people at a time is not very big.

Lian Po waved his hand: "Shen Jing, I ordered you to be the vanguard and lead the lead team to cross the river!"

Shen Jing was overjoyed and immediately summoned the troops of the headquarters after receiving the military order.

A moment later, under the gaze of more than 100,000 soldiers on both sides of the strait, Shen Jing took his subordinates to board the ship one after another, and ships began to sail out of the north ferry at Suxukou and headed towards the south shore.

Looking at this scene, Wei Qi, the chief general of the Wei army, couldn't help but sneer: "Liang Po is indeed unable to hold back. He will send the order and the crossbowman stepped forward and immediately started shooting after the Zhao ship entered the range!"

With the order from the Wei cavalry, thousands of Wei crossbowmen stepped forward and lined up along the river bank.

Soon, dozens of Zhao army ships in the front had crossed the middle of the river and entered the range of the Wei people.

"Shoot!" The generals of Wei State, who were in charge of command, shouted out loud.

"Swoosh swish swish!" The dense arrows shot out from the crossbow in an instant, falling like locusts, towards the Zhao army ship that was still crossing the river.

As the general of the advance team, Chen Jing sat on the front ship with more than a dozen personal guards, and a very bright red flag was planted behind the ship as a guide, which was very conspicuous and was taken care of.

Chen Jing looked at the arrows falling from the sky and shouted calmly: "Rise the shield!"

After the words came, more than a dozen skin shields were raised up in one go. At first glance, it looked like the boat had a tent.

Everyone, including the boatman who was raising the boat, curled up as much as possible.

"Aoop!" The dense arrows fell from the sky and thrust on the skin shield. Some of them were bounced away directly, and some were directly pierced on the shield.

Two screams suddenly poured into Chen Jing's ears. He looked back in surprise and happened to see the two personal guards behind him being shot by arrows and fell down on the spot.

"Damn it!" Chen Jing felt very hatred.

As the arrow rain came, although the soldiers on the Zhao army's crossing boat were protected by a leather shield, they still suffered many casualties. Most of the boats had to slow down. Some boats even began to spin in the center of the river because the boatman at the helm was shot to death, and then slowly flowed towards the downstream of the river.

On the south bank of the Yellow River, Wei Qi, the general of Wei, couldn't help feeling relieved when he saw this scene and said in a deep voice: "Don't stop, continue shooting! Cover all the ships of the Zhao people! Without the ship, I think they can still fly over?"

On the side, many generals of Wei State were also overjoyed and spoke one after another.

"It is said that Lian Po is a new general of Zhao State, and now it seems that this is the case."

"I have dealt with Lian Po, this man, but I am just a reckless man. Now that the river is separated by this big river, how brave he is, can he still put on his wings and fly over?"

The generals laughed in unison and were quite proud.

It seems that the Great Wei will have a good start in this war this time.

On the other hand, Lian Po looked at this scene with a calm expression, but he looked up at the sky from time to time, as if he was quite concerned about time.

The Wei army's rain of arrows continued, arrows and crossbow arrows fell alternately, and the number of casualties in the Zhao army began to increase. Some ships even overturned because of the struggle after someone was shot, which became quite chaotic for a while.

Wei Qi's face became more relaxed, and Lian Po no longer calmed down and cursed fiercely: "Why haven't you arrived yet!"

Suddenly, a personal guard beside Lian Po shouted: "Look at General!"

Lian Po looked up and saw that there was a roll of smoke and dust on the horizon to the east.

Lian Po slapped his thigh and smiled on his face: "Finally, come, come, beat the drum!"

Almost at the same time, the Wei cavalry also sensed something wrong in the Wei army camp on the south bank.

"General, look at the east side, what is that?" Someone exclaimed next to Wei Qi.

Wei Qi turned his head and saw countless smoke and dust rolling on the horizon in the distance, and the figures of war horses and horse knights could be vaguely seen in the smoke and dust.

Wei Qi's face turned pale after a flash: "It's the Zhao cavalry!? This is impossible!"

With Suxukou as the core fulcrum, all the ferries up and down fifty miles were controlled by the Wei army, and a large number of scouts sent out. Where did these Zhao cavalry cross the river and how did they appear here?

Around the Wei cavalry, many generals of Wei State were fading.

In this situation, they could not see the number of Zhao army cavalry at all. They could only see the smoke and dust in the sky and the endless cavalry as if they were boundless like a tide.

"Not good!" Wei Qi suddenly shouted: "Hurry, please withdraw all the crossbowmen on the river bank!"

The Wei cavalry set up all the crossbowmen of the Wei army on the river bank. Although these people also wear weapons, they all have light armor and light clothes to face the cavalry with almost no protection. Once they are rushed to the cavalry, they will be a one-sided massacre!

The rapid sound of gold began to sound from the Wei army camp.

At this time, the Wei army crossbowmen on the river bank had already noticed the arrival of the Zhao cavalry, and instantly became chaotic and began to rush towards the camp.

The Wei cavalry on the high platform outside the camp hurriedly entered the camp surrounded by many Wei generals and personal guards.

The order at the beginning was actually quite good, but the Zhao cavalry came very quickly. When the Wei army's crossbowmen had just entered, the Zhao cavalry had already arrived.

Zhao She took the lead, staring at the many Wei soldiers in front of him who were rushing toward the camp gate, and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

These Wei people actually placed all defenses, such as deer antlers and horses, in the north. For the 10,000 Zhao cavalry coming from the east, it was simply flat!

Zhao She took out the longbow, took a arrow from the arrow pouch behind her and put it on, instantly pulling it all over, pointing it diagonally towards the sky.

Isn’t the raids of hundreds of miles just for the unexpected at this time?

So what if the Wei people controlled the area fifty miles upstream and downstream? I came from the Weijin Ferry two hundred miles downstream!

So what if there are scouts? Anyway, Wei State has no Great Wall on the edge of the Yellow River. Without the beacon of the Great Wall, what should Wei State scouts compare with Zhao's cavalry? Just rely on the poor Central Plains horses of Wei State that have been experiencing poor performance?

This is the mobility of the Dazhao cavalry.

Just faster than you!

With a "swoosh!", Zhao She let go of her finger and the arrow came out of the string.

Behind Zhao She, tens of thousands of Zhao cavalry shot arrows at the same time.

The dense arrows fell into the Wei army's positions like raindrops. Hundreds of Wei soldiers fell down in one after another, and an empty death zone appeared at the camp gate in an instant.

Now, the order of the Wei army was completely in chaos, and countless Wei soldiers rushed to push and squeezed towards the camp gate desperately.

Seeing this scene, Shen Jing, the general of the Zhao Advance Army who was still on the river, suddenly came to life and jumped up and laughed: "Hurry up, second and third sons, our reinforcements are here, cross the river, cross the river quickly!"

There was no need for Shen Jing to continue to give orders. All the boatmen in Zhao State tried their best to paddle their poles and go towards the south bank with their breasts.

Wei Qi, the chief general of the Wei Kingdom who had just entered the camp, also had his eyes red and shouted: "Hurry, block them quickly and let them... Damn it, it's too late, close the camp gate and close the camp gate!"

The order of Wei Qi instantly shocked the generals of the Wei State around him. Someone couldn't help but say, "General, there are still thousands of soldiers outside!"

Once the gate of this camp was closed, thousands of crossbowmen outside faced the sweeping Zhao cavalry. Any ending that could be predicted with their eyes closed.

Wei Qi's face turned pale and shouted: "Do you still care about those things at this time? If you don't close the camp gate and wait until the Zhao cavalry enters the camp, everything will be over!"

However, Wei Qi miscalculated again.

In such a short moment, the Zhao army arrived again.

The general Chen Jing, the vanguard of Zhao, looked at the river water that was still one or two meters in front of him, and his heart was burning in battle and jumped down.

"Two and three sons, follow me!"

With the sound of thrusts, many soldiers of the Zhao State advanced army went into the water one after another, followed Chen Jing to the river bank, and headed straight to the Wei army camp.

He was shot as a living target by the Wei people on the river for a long time. Seeing the death of many robes in front of him, the soldiers of the advance army had long been filled with anger.

Now, it is time to let the people of Wei pay their blood debts.

On the north bank of the Yellow River, Lian Po was also extremely excited and shouted: "Roar, rush up and kill these Wei people! Oh, why is Zhao She's degree so slow? Let him practice riding well without practicing. What is this horse riding? Is this general led the team? There is also Chen Jing. Is he a turtle or is he using all his strength on his wife? Run, run faster!"

Lian Po's complaints did not reach the ears of the Zhao soldiers in the South Bank. Chen Jing and Zhao She rode step by step and arrived at the Wei army's camp gate one after another.

"Die!" Zhao She flipped her wrist and took out a long spear from under the saddle, stabbed hard at the dense Wei soldiers in front of her, instantly piercing through the chests and heads of several Wei soldiers, spraying blood.

Behind Zhao She, a large group of Zhao cavalry rushed over like a tide, instantly submerging the Wei army's crossbowman troops who had not had time to retreat into the camp gate.

"Don't let me die!" Chen Jing on the other side shouted loudly, and the long sword in his hand flew over, directly chopping down several Wei soldiers who were blocking him, and rushed into the gate of the Wei army camp in the blood of the sky.

A Wei army unit that had just arrived at the gate that wanted to close the gate was ordered by Chen Jing and hundreds of Zhao soldiers behind him rushed and fled everywhere.

Chen Jing did not pursue, but turned around and opened the door with his subordinates.

Hundreds of steps away, Wei Qi, the chief general of the Wei army, looked at the scene and was covered in cold body: "It's over, it's all over."

In front of the Wei cavalry, countless Zhao cavalry gathered into a torrent and swept into the camp gate, then quickly dispersed and began to drive away the large number of defeated soldiers of the Wei army rage everywhere in the Wei camp.

Lian Po on the north shore was really scratching his head and was itchy when he saw this scene, and he roared in a series of roars: "By the way, there is also a boat, what are those boatmen doing? Don't you come back to transport troops! Who is that bastard? Why did you rush up with the boat pole? Idiot, who approved him as a boatman to go to the battlefield, this general is going to withdraw his military achievements!!"

The overall situation has been decided.

Wei Qi, the chief general of the Wei army, clattered his teeth, and after a while, he started to scream: "Retreat, the entire army retreat, retreat!"

At this time, let alone the 70,000 Wei troops, even the 170,000 Wei troops could only be driven away and massacred by the cavalry of the Zhao people.

When the retreat order was ordered, the result of this war was completely destined and could not be changed.

The Yellow River defense line formed by the Wei people with 70,000 troops along the river was easily breached under a long-distance surprise attack planned by Lian Po and Zhao She.

The pursuit continued until dark before it ended. According to the subsequent statistics, the Zhao army killed and captured more than 30,000 Wei troops in this battle. Only about half of the Wei troops fled in a panic with the Wei cavalry and finally left the battlefield.

Lian Po did not break his promise. Before his king Zhao He led the main force of the Zhao army to arrive, he won a beautiful victory and achieved a good start in Zhao's attack on Wei.
Chapter completed!
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