Chapter Thirty-Three Defeat like a mountain
?Our side's advantage is obviously a great opportunity to "release the unparalleled". Yuwen Wen, who was excited, waved his hand and asked someone to lead the horse over and was about to stomp, but was surrounded by the guards sent by his father: "My Duke, the general manager has orders to not rush to the formation."
When he was preparing for the war, Yuwen Liang specially sent them to follow Yuwen Wen. What he was afraid of was that this kid listened too much and was talking about the battle. At that time, the father and son had a quarrel:
"You can lead the army, but you are not allowed to rush forward!"
"Why! A real man should carry a three-foot sword to achieve his unparalleled achievements in a chaotic world..." Yuwen Wen couldn't help but bring him to the Three Kingdoms Donglai Taishi Ci.
"Three-foot sword? Let your wife give birth to a son first!" The old man glared at him. This time, he didn't even have a son, what should he do if something happened. Last time he didn't check for something, and let him fool him to go to Beijiangzhou for what he did. "How can he get a tiger's son if he doesn't enter the tiger's den?" After looking back, he was afraid.
The guards surrounded Yuwen and separated him from the horse. Yuwen Shiwu was already riding on his horse at this time and heard the horn of his own formation. Then he caught fish in troubled waters: "Master Lang is in the tent of the central army, and you will go back when you go!"
"What are you doing! What are you doing?" Yuwen Wen was pulled away by the guards and watched Yuwen Shiwu lead Chen Wudi and others away.
"I have made merits for Anzhou and I have bleeding for the army. You can't do this. I want to see the general manager, I want to see the general manager!"
The general manager Yuwen Liang had already led his personal troops to charge, and Sima was the only one in the central army. The generals around him were ready to steal the heads. No one paid attention to him, the "Sunset County Duke", except for those dozen guards.
"Don't be upset, please sit with me in the central army and wait for the good news." Sima walked over with a smile and asked someone to put down the Hu bed - that is, Maza.
At the same time, the Xiangzhou army formed the east wing.
Seeing the enemy cavalry roaring towards him, the generals of the supervising formation commanded the soldiers to defend urgently with a pale face. The spearmen rushed to the east wing of the army in panic, barely lined up but were shot by the opponent's cavalry.
The first wave of Anzhou cavalry put away their cavalry bows and swung their cavalry and spears and collided towards the military formation. Some of them were pierced by spears and some were stabbed over, but the huge impact still made people. The horses crashed into the infantry group. The front line that the Xiangzhou army finally organized was instantly unrecognizable.
The main force of Anzhou cavalry rushed straight into the military formation without any obstacles. The eastern wing of the Xiangzhou army was shaken by a huge rock and ripples continued to spread. The Anzhou army burst into continuous sounds: "Defeated, Xiangzhou is defeated!"
In the central army, Wang Yi looked pale as countless Anzhou cavalry crashed into the east side of his army formation, and destroyed like a sharp blade slashed through tofu. The soldiers who were originally shot by giant arrows instantly collapsed. The Xiangzhou army formation collapsed like a crack in the ground, and countless people were crying and fled backwards.
"Send the order, the rear army will immediately line up, and you must withstand it!" He shouted with joy and tried to turn the tide. "If the defeated soldiers retreat, let them run away from each side. Anyone who dares to rush to the formation will kill you!"
"Let the servants in the baggage team behind bring out all the valuable things and throw them on the ground, and the more they throw them away, the better!"
"Come all the cars across, let the civilians and let everyone take weapons and guard behind!"
"The horn is blown up! Gather all the soldiers around you to protect the flag of the central army. Whoever dares to back down and kill will not be ignored!"
Wang Yiqiang calmly commanded his subordinates to arrange defense lines, and the messengers rushed to convey the orders back and forth. A new wall of human beings was forming three or four hundred meters in front of the central army. The generals on the side shouted loudly as they looked at the retreating comrades:
"Run to both sides, run to both sides! If you dare to hit the formation, you will kill them without any hesitation!"
The defeated soldier was still very clear-headed. Seeing that the formation had been set up in front of him, he knew it was really fatal not to let go, so he ran to both sides, but the crowds were surging behind him, most of whom wanted to let go were wrapped up and ran straight forward.
"Shoot the arrow!" The generals knew the consequences of the defensive line being washed away, so they could only use blood to make the defeated soldiers obedient. The sound of bowstrings was a sound of the crowd. The front end of the crowd was immediately pushed and continued to move forward. Countless people were pushed to the ground and trampled by the comrades running from behind, and cries came one after another.
The Anzhou army behind him was shocked by the sound of killing, and they were chased and chopped to the ground. The smell of blood became stronger and stronger. Seeing that their own people were not allowed to retreat, the defeated army in Xiangzhou exploded immediately: "Your own people are killed, and I will fight with you if I don't give you a way to survive!"
The defeated army was red and killed the weapons in their hands to escape. Many of them were poked to the ground and more people rushed into the defense line and slashed wildly. The defense line organized by the central army in a hurry was only persisted for a moment and they sacrificed their lives to break through. The defeat was like a mountain and the situation could no longer be reversed.
The Anzhou cavalry was divided into three parts. One was the troops that had originally fought with the enemy cavalry in the west wing of the army. Now they defeated the other side and chased the enemy all the way north; the second part was the main cavalry that collided with the east wing, driving the defeated soldiers to run towards the central army like snowballs; the other part rushed from the east wing to the baggage team behind the Xiangzhou military formation, trying to capture the rear route of the army.
"Marson, Marshal!" A general pulled him with a sad face, "After things are over, hurry up and make plans when you return to Xiangyang!"
"How could this happen? This happens!" Wang Yi could not accept this fact, but just kept muttering to himself: "My army, so many supplies..."
This time, the southbound waterway was launched and loaded with ships to carry the supplies. Originally, it was time to go to Changshou before going ashore, but since I learned that Changshou had lost his money, the supplies had been transported ashore in advance with the army to operate.
The left and right soldiers looked at each other and went straight forward to lift the commander up and lifted the horse, protecting him and galloping northward.
The soldiers who were chasing defeated soldiers rushed in front saw the baggage carriage convoy in the distance and were about to kill them, but saw countless copper coins, brocade and other valuable things scattered on the ground in front of them. Many people's eyes were shining and slowed down to try to pick up those things. The soldiers hiding behind the baggage carriage convoy saw this and held the weapons in their hands.
"Wait a little longer, wait until they stop and rush to pick up things before rushing!" A general looked at the Anzhou army and whispered, signaling his subordinates to stabilize.
They threw their money on the ground, just waiting for the pursuers to stop seeing the money and hurry to pick up things, so they took the opportunity to rush over and catch them off guard.
However, the plan failed, and the Anzhou Army then followed the general of the supervising formation and shouted loudly: "No picking up! No picking up!"
"The manager said that the head level has a money hang. Whoever dares to pick up something and kills it will be fine!"
"There is an ambush ahead, don't be fooled!"
The pursuers just hesitated for a moment and continued to chase forward. Countless cavalrymen came after them. In the bloody storm, the defeated soldiers in Xiangzhou were gradually submerged by the Anzhou army.
The army won and covered up the killing. Yuwen Wen, who had no chance to "release Wushuang", had no chance to "release Wushuang", helplessly commanded the three hundred "Speakers" to deal with the aftermath, and was followed by more than a dozen guards and hygiene guards and were afraid that he would "escape".
He came to a row of three-bow crossbows and looked at the "big killing weapons" made by his own guidance: a total of thirty three-bow crossbows, which were made by them, who spent all the inventory of Anzhou bow-making materials after their lives.
The soldiers who operated the three-bow crossbow were carefully serving these powerful weapons. The two armies had just fought against them with these powerful weapons. The general manager had already told him that everyone would reward him. How could they not be careful about this "golden rice bowl"?
"Monday, this thing is really useful!" A general shared his joy excitedly. He was the person in charge of these thirty crossbows.
"It is a human pulley winding device with complex structure." Yu Wenwen's bad taste in naming items as usual. He looked at the heinously simple pulley sets on the ground nodded: "Put it carefully, it will be useful in the future."
The three-bow crossbow has great power, but its disadvantages are also obvious: the winding is slow, so Yuwen Wen’s strategy is to use a pulley mechanism to wind the string. However, time is too haste to make a sturdy and durable and portable device, so he started a civilized method.
Each three bed crossbows are a group of ten, each group is equipped with a local winding device. The local winding device is very simple: a log is sliced into a pulley, and a groove is chiseled out on it, and a large iron nail is nailed firmly to the ground. Of course, there is a hole in the middle of the pulley that can rotate flexibly. A long rope as thick as a wrist is passed through the pulley to make a pulley group. When used, twenty soldiers are pulled.
Anyway, the crossbow does not move, and it doesn't matter if the pulley set is fixed on the ground. Three crossbows are mounted one by one, then shoot them one after another, and then turn them over again. The operation is repeated in turn until both sides are close to each other. The winding time is shorter than expected.
"Retrieve all the giant arrows, and you will still need to use them in a few days." Yuwen Wen told the three hundred 'thorn hands' to retrieve the giant arrows used for the bed crossbow.
It's pretty good to be recycled. That monkey burned money once and felt sorry for me...
When Yuwen Wen thought of the copper coins he spent, he was bleeding. The saltpeter and sulfur stocks in Anzhou and the states under his jurisdiction were not large, so how to effectively utilize the gunpowder made became the biggest problem.
After thinking about it, I became a monkey who was flying around. The prototype was "a swarm of bees" and added bamboo whistles to make a sound when firing. The effect was good and the military horse was scared very much during the test firing. I didn't expect to be able to shine in seconds. This is enough.
This time, he made a plan with his father. When the army was in a stalemate, he deliberately showed weakness and let the Xiangzhou cavalry attack. He used the monkey to scare the horses (of course, just in case a tripping rope was set up), and when the other party was in chaos, he would take the opportunity to fight back.
The cavalry was exposed after the flanks of the formation, and the cavalry was rushing like this, and it was basically a final decision. However, this monkey was disposable and had no hope in the subsequent fierce battle.
Yuwen Wen squatted on the battlefield bored and stared blankly. He didn't sleep well last night, so he just took a break. Anyway, what else can he do if he doesn't sleep without a job?
Until the sun was far west, the results of the battle finally came out: the Xiangzhou army destroyed only more than ten cavalry and broke through and fled north. Countless people were killed or trampled on each other and died, tens of thousands of captured people. The marshal Wang Yi was not seen, but he should have escaped. The Xiangzhou army was defeated too quickly and the baggage was not burned and all fell into his own hands. The marshal Feng Hui and Li Yuan seized countless armor, horses and arrows.
However, thousands of cavalry went north and never came back. Seeing that the generals seemed to care about the people below, they didn't say anything: I've been fighting all morning, and I'm drunk today!
At night, a banquet was held in Changshou City to reward the soldiers of Anzhou. Of course, just in case it was a water feast, each person was limited to three bowls of wine. However, this heroic hero could drink it openly. Today, the people who performed heroic achievements were drunk and blushed. Yuwen Shiwu, who had robbed countless people, was drunk and wanted to run naked and was hit by Chen Wudi.
Just as the city was celebrating the commemoration, Yuwen Wen walked on the wall on the west side of Changshou City to inspect the city defense. He stared carefully at the surface of the Han River outside the city for fear that someone would sneak across the river.
Opposite the Han River is the territory of the Great Zhou vassal state, the Liang Kingdom. Although Yuwen Wen knew that in history, the ruler and ministers of the Liang Kingdom were frightened by Yang Jian, the left prime minister who was assisted in the administration, he did not dare to take advantage of the situation to attack Anzhou, but he was still careful.
The personal soldiers behind him carried a bucket and carried a basket with rice, jerky meat, wine pots and porcelain bowls. They followed Yuwen Wen all the way, allowing the soldiers on the night to have enough wine to eat.
"Thank you, County Duke." The soldiers expressed gratitude one after another.
"Thank you all tonight, I will be on duty with you!"
His father Yuwen Liang arranged the night troops just in case, and at his suggestion, he sent generals to reward the soldiers on duty. This scene was also staged on the east, south and north sides of the city.
"It's up to you tomorrow." Yuwen Wen looked north, looking at a place that he couldn't see.
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The next morning, Hannan City, Wuquan County, Xiangzhou.
Hannan City is located about 80 miles south of Xiangyang City on the west bank of the Han River. Outside the east gate, there is a floating bridge on the Han River directly to the east bank. At the beginning of the month, the marshal Wang Yi led a large army to cross the river from the floating bridge and headed south along the east bank of the Han River. The fleet that transported supplies by water also moved south along the river from here.
The journey from the south of Han to the south of the Yangtze River to Changshou, Yingzhou Prefecture, south. It is about 170 or 80 miles. It is time for the imperial army to arrive in Changshou East to attack the rebels in Anzhou, and I don’t know what the situation is going on.
"How? Of course it's unstoppable!" The city gate official talked to his subordinates about current affairs. They were guards of the East Gate and were responsible for the city tax. On weekdays, there were not many pedestrians, which was a leisure time.
"This time, the Marshal of the King personally led an army of 80,000 to the south, and the other route was almost the same. How could the Anzhou rebels divided their troops to resist?" The city gate official took a sip at the teapot.
"Eighty thousand? Didn't it mean 200,000?" A soldier general believed and doubted. This time, the Marshal went south and made great noises. Everyone said that the army had a total of 200,000, plus the total number of troops on the east route was 500,000, so the Anzhou rebels were just a mantis arm to get into a chariot.
"The military strategy says: if it is real, it is empty, and if it is empty, it is real." The city gate official shook his head, "My brother-in-law's carpenter next door, his second uncle's wife's wife, the third son of his second son, is well-informed in the yamen..."
"What's wrong there?" A soldier pointed outside the city and said. Everyone around him looked over and saw a large group of cavalry on the official road opposite the river galloping north, as if they were about to cross the floating bridge.
"Carry up and clean up and don't block the road!" The city gate official jumped up in a panic. Now it was the time when the army went south to suppress the rebellion that the soldiers were annoyed, but their heads were not enough to be cut.
Seeing the cavalry turning onto the floating bridge, the city gate officer looked at it and was a little confused. He found that the cavalry team seemed to be divided into one, one behind and one behind, and the cavalry in front seemed to be very panicked. Everyone was waving one hand at this side, and seemed to be shouting something.
He thought it was the cavalry in the Qingdao in front of him asking him to give way here, so he quickly led his men to clear the pedestrians near the city gate to make the empty bluestone road, and squeezed out his smiling face and waited on both sides of the city gate.
When the other party approached, the city gate officer vaguely heard them shouting loudly, "Close the city gate, close the city gate quickly." When the crowd was confused and looked at each other, the people had already rushed to the front:
"The enemy is behind you, close the city gate!"
After they realized that the people had already passed through the city gate and rushed into the city, shouting loudly: "The rebels have attacked the city!" The city gate official's face turned pale in an instant. He looked back and saw that the cavalry vanguards had crossed the pontoon bridge and pulled out their long swords and rushed towards the city gate.
"Quick, close up...run!" He stumbled and ran out of the city. The scary soldiers behind him were about to imitate their boss to escape. The cavalry whistled by blood and splattered everywhere and they were knocked to the ground.
"The army of Anzhou is here, those who dare to resist will kill you!"
Chapter completed!