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Seeing that the Cao army camp was in chaos, Zhang Ren knew that the opportunity had come, and immediately issued an order to attack, "attack"

The sound of the attacking drums rumbling, and the Thousand Han Army burst into shouts of killing, rushing towards the military camp outside the two more brigades, and rushed into the brigade for a moment. Two thousand Han Army crossbowmen shot arrows at the same time, and dense arrows shot towards the military camp like storm.

Although Cao's army in the military camp also shot in time, the dense arrows of the opponent suppressed the defenders so much that they could not raise their heads. They were shot in one after another. Behind the Han army's crossbow soldiers, a thousand spears surged upwards. They were shot in a thick siege ram, and dozens of soldiers hugged the siege ram toward the city gate.

With a loud "boom", the attacking ram hit the military camp gate, and the entire wall shaking violently. "Escape quickly, the Han army is coming in."

More than fifty Neijing soldiers shouted loudly, some of whom were the first to throw away their armor and fled, while others took the lead, which scared the soldiers to drop their defensive bows and arrows and fled backwards. At this time, there was no need to attack the city ram and hit the second time. Neijing soldiers opened the gate of the village, and the gate was wide open, and the thousand Han troops shouted and rushed into the village.

The Han army conquered Licheng and Bailong Pass military camps in two days, and their morale was greatly boosted. Zhao Yun immediately rushed his army north. At noon the next day, 10,000 Han troops arrived at the south bank of Yangshui, which was only twenty miles away from Qishan. You can clearly see the Cao army camp on Heisong Ridge.

Hei Songzhai is the last level of the Cao army's first defense line, and it is also one of the large villages deployed by Cao army in Qishan. It has 5,000 troops, commanded by General Yu Jin.

Hei Songzhai is named after it is located on Hei Songzhai. It is a mountain that is more than ten feet high. It is located on the north bank of the Western Han River. Below the mountain is the only way to get to Qishan. The mountain was originally covered with black pine trees, but at this time thousands of pine trees had been cut down and a camp about five or six miles long was built.

Hei Songzhai is a camp with a wall-like structure. It is first built with wood and huge stones, and then tamped it with earth on the rack. Although this wall-like camp is far less solid than the city wall, it also has a good defensive effect.

There are two springs on Hei Song Ridge, with sufficient water sources. In addition, there is enough food stored in the camp, which can allow 5,000 people to stay for several months. After Yu Jin returned from Bailong Pass, he strengthened his defense again and learned from the lesson of the fire in Licheng, and demolished all the tents and wooden houses in the camp.

On the mountain, Yu Jin stared at Yangshui several miles away, thinking in his heart that if he dealt with this battle, after he returned to Dazhai, he had already received the news that Cao Cao led reinforcements to Longxi, which made him feel relieved, but... if he returned with a crushing defeat, Cao Cao would not be able to spare him.

At this time, he felt something. When he turned around, he saw Deputy General Wang Ping slowly walking to his side. Wang Pingyuan was Zhang Liao's general and served as the deputy captain. Zhang Liao was transferred to guard Nanyang, and his army was handed over to Cao Zhang, and Wang Ping was thus appointed as Yu Jin's deputy general.

Yu Jin sighed softly and said, "General Wang, the Han army is coming, how should I deal with it?"

Wang Ping knew Yu Jin's sorrow and smiled and said, "General, don't worry. I think that as long as there is something defeated and something that is undefeated in this battle, we can explain to the Prime Minister."

"How do you say this?" Yu Jin looked at him in confusion.

"What I mean is that if the general is defeated by Liu Jing's army, the Prime Minister will never blame the general. This is called defeat."

Yu Jin could understand something, "What you meant to be undefeated means that the vanguard army that could not be defeated by Zhao Yun, right?"

Wang Ping smiled and nodded, "That's exactly that."

Yu Jin suddenly realized that this was true. If he could resist Liu Jing's army in the northern expedition, would the prime minister still need to concentrate 200,000 troops to fight against Liu Jing in Guanzhong?

He smiled and said, "But even Zhao Yun's pioneer is not easy to deal with."

Wang Ping suggested: "In fact, we can establish a defensive line on the north bank of Yangshui to block the Han army south of Yangshui. Even if we can't stop it in the end, it can still hit the morale of the enemy."

Yu Jin looked at the terrain and could indeed establish a defense line. He nodded slightly, "If you use ambush, it might be better."

"This is what it means to be a humble position"

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Yangshui is the uppermost stream of the Jialing River. After flowing into Hanzhong, Yangshui was renamed the Western Han River. Once it went south, it finally poured into the Yangtze River in Jiangzhou. The Yangshui in the Qishan area was just a medium river, only five feet wide, but the water flow was turbulent and the water depth was about seven feet. A person with a short body was blocked over his head.

Zhao Yun's vanguard army was temporarily stationed on the south bank of Yangshui. Zhao Yun looked at the nearby terrain by the river. The area was wide and a small basin surrounded by rolling mountains. A long mountain ridge lies across the middle of the basin. This is Hei Songling. The Han army could clearly see the Hei Songling several miles away and the Cao Jun camp on the mountain.

At this time, several soldiers tried the water depth with bamboo poles and reported to Zhao Yun: "Reported to General, the water depth is only six feet, so you can directly build a floating bridge."

Zhao Yun nodded and immediately ordered: "Fortifications and soldiers build bridges"

Building a pontoon bridge is relatively simple. Generally, ships are used to put together and then lay wooden boards. If there are no ships, you need to build a raft first and build a pontoon bridge with a layer of rafts. Due to the rapid flow of water, blocking piles are also needed to be built in the water.

Five fortification soldiers acted quickly, cutting trees to build rafts, and going into the water to drive piles. After an hour, half of the floating bridge had appeared, and more than two fortification soldiers were busy in the water.

At this moment, a buzzing sound suddenly came from the other side, and an arrow roared from the other side, shooting over the military marquis who were commanding the construction of the floating bridge.

Then more than a thousand arrows were shot in densely. The arrow formation was very organized. First shot the soldiers on the shore, then the soldiers in the water. The soldiers in the water and on the shore were caught off guard and were shot one after another. After two rounds of arrows, most of the more than two fortification soldiers in the water were killed and injured. The blood stained the river red. The soldiers' bodies were washed away by the rapids, and the river was covered with the soldiers' corpses.

Several people on the shore were also caught in arrows and fell to the ground, screaming in pain.

Zhao Yun was shocked and kept saying: "Retreat quickly"

The soldiers retreated one after another, and retreated to the range. Only then did they notice that a stone wall was built with stones dozens of steps away from the other side, which was covered by bushes and was difficult to find. The stone wall was about one mile long and six feet high. The dense arrows shot from behind the stone wall. It turned out that there was an ambush of Cao's crossbowmen.

At this time, Wang Ping led several Cao army soldiers to rush out from behind the stone wall, and under the cover of bows and arrows, they rushed to the riverside. They shot all the dozens of Han army fortification soldiers hiding in the river to death. Dozens of Cao army soldiers jumped into the river and swung their axes and chopped the floating bridge.

After a while, the floating bridge dispersed and was washed away by the rapids, and soon disappeared without a trace. With Wang Ping's order, Cao's soldiers rushed back to the defensive stone wall.

Zhao Yun looked at the wounded soldiers with a cry of moaning. He felt very angry. He only injured more than 20 people in conquering Licheng and Bailong Pass. One soldier was not dead. He was ambushed here. Several soldiers were shot into arrows and killed two of them. They were all fortification soldiers, which caused him a great loss.

Zhao Yun gritted his teeth in hatred, "Who is this ambushing so secretly."

The general on the other side seized the loophole that the scouts did not cross the river and successfully attacked the Han army. This made Zhao Yun both annoyed and angry, "I must cut this person into pieces."

At this time, Wei Yan stepped forward and asked for an order: "I am willing to lead the army to cross the river from the east and attack around the enemy's side."

Zhao Yun looked at the east side. There was a forest on the east side, which stretched for more than ten miles along the rippling water. There were also forests on the other side. He pondered for a while and asked, "Then why did you cross the river?"

"When the river is not wide, it should be easy to pass. There are archers on the other side. I only bring two thousand spearmen to break them."

Zhao Yun nodded and said, "But the river is very turbulent, bring a few more long ones. Remember, crossing the river quickly."

"Abide by the order"

Seeing that Zhao Yun agreed, Wei Yan was overjoyed and immediately led a two thousand spear army to run eastward.

Wang Ping watched the movements of the enemy on the other side of the river behind a big rock. At this time, he suddenly found that the Han army had signs of mobilizing eastward. He then looked east. There was a dense forest on the east side, distributed on both sides of the river. The Han army must have wanted to cross the river in the east forest and then attack him from the side.

Thinking of this, Wang Ping waved his hand and a general rushed forward. Wang Ping told him a few words, and the general nodded, "Please rest assured, General, I will do my best to resist."

Only then did Wang Ping lead the five crossbow troops around a forest and run eastward.

Wei Yan led two thousand spearmen into the woods. They marched inside and outside before they started crossing the river. The same is true here. Although the riverbed is not wide, the water flows rapidly.

The soldiers took off their armor and put the armor and spears on their heads. Several soldiers with good water properties swam to the other side first and pulled out a few long lines. In this way, the soldiers could climb the Changdu River, which was very beneficial to soldiers with slightly poor water properties.

Groups of soldiers began to cross the river quickly, but at this moment, a large group of Cao army archers suddenly appeared in the woods on the other side, with more than five people. They launched an attack on the Han army with an unsightly force.

The arrows were as dense as rain, and they shot towards Yu Ming's soldiers who had already landed on the shore. Most of the soldiers were not wearing armor and were caught off guard by a rain of arrows. They fell down a large area. Seeing that the situation was not good, the soldiers behind jumped into the water and swam to the other side. The Han soldiers in the water also turned around.

Wei Yan was furious. He urged the horse to jump into the water, holding a shield in one hand and a large knife in the other, urging the war horse to walk towards the opposite bank step by step. Several elite soldiers behind him also followed Wei Yan, holding shields and spears, jumped down the river and slowly walked towards the opposite bank.
Chapter completed!