Tiantang Splendid

4263--Andrew

Under the darkness of night, [-] soldiers and horses galloped away, the whole army didn't hear a single order, only the sound of people and horses trampling the ground as they marched. This shows that Yuchi is respectful and strict in running the army.

Walking to the bank of the Bashui River, the sound of the rushing river completely covered up the sound of the march. The front army stopped to guard against a possible surprise attack on the opposite bank, while the heavy soldiers in the rear array moved forward quickly, quickly and neatly erecting the pontoon bridge.

Dark clouds gather, there are no stars and no moon, and the river flows and whimpers.

Yu Chigong led his elite Chen soldiers to the east bank of the Bashui River, seeing the shadowy shadows of the heavy soldiers erecting the pontoon bridge on the river, he felt a little nervous.Although the information on my own side was strictly sealed from the beginning of the assembly to the pulling out of the camp, dispatching of troops, marching, and arriving here, Cheng Yaojin on the other side was meticulous in his details, and did not dare to expect troops to come under his barracks before being discovered.

But as long as there is a delay of one more moment, and the pontoon bridge is erected one more foot forward, when it is discovered at night, they will cross the Bashui as quickly as possible, with fewer sacrifices of soldiers, and the preservation of combat power after crossing the river will be more complete.

However, things backfired, the more you worry about something, the more often something will happen.

Just when the heavy soldiers erected the pontoon bridge over two-thirds of the entire river, a firework suddenly rose from the opposite bank, leaving a straight upward trajectory in the dark night, and then exploded suddenly in midair.

A golden firework suddenly exploded in the dark night sky, even the city of Chang'an, dozens of miles away, could clearly see it.

Yu Chigong waved his hand: "Send an additional brigade of soldiers to assist the heavy soldiers to speed up the erection of the pontoon bridge. It must be completed before the main force of the enemy arrives, at any cost!"

"Here!"

As the leader of the soldiers, Yuchi Baohuan took the order, beat his horse and galloped away. After a while, a troop of hundreds of people broke away from the brigade and rushed to the river to join the team that erected the pontoon bridge.

Immediately, there was the sound of horseshoes on the opposite bank, and one after another scouts appeared one after another. When they found the enemy army who was urgently erecting a pontoon bridge in the river, they quickly turned their horses and galloped westward to report the news.

After a cup of tea, people on the other side shouted horses, people were screaming, and there was a sound of bowstrings. Countless arrows seemed to jump out of the Nine Nether Hell, forming a downward parabola in midair, and accurately landed on the luggage. Soldiers on top of the troops.

For a moment, the arrows rained down, and the heavy soldiers on the river were hit by arrows one after another, and the screams and screams filled the entire river, completely covering up the sound of the river rushing.

The heavy-clothed soldiers who were in emergency construction had almost zero defense against arrows. A round of arrow rain fell, and countless soldiers screamed and fell into the river. After a while, the river was dyed red, and the river was like ink in the night, rolling Flowing takes away the dead and wounded soldiers who fell into the water.

After the three rounds of arrow rain were over, the heavy soldiers and the brigade of reinforcements almost lost all their casualties. Yu Chigong waved his hand expressionlessly, "Send two more brigades of soldiers to continue erecting the pontoon bridge."

"Here!"

The military law is ruthless, and Yu Chigong has always been known for his rigorous military management. As long as the military order is issued, even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire in front of him, he will have to move forward. Therefore, more than a thousand soldiers braved the arrows falling from their heads, rushed to the pontoon bridge, and continued to lay forward.

There are more and more troops on the other side, and the drums calling for the generals have already sounded. Obviously, the main force is coming, and the crossbowmen who arrived earlier concentrated all their arrows on the section of the river on the pontoon bridge, making the rain of arrows The degree of density can be called terrifying, and it has caused great damage to the right Houwei.

Seeing that the soldiers of the two additional brigades were all dead and injured, but the pontoon bridge was only laid forward less than ten feet, Yu Chigong's eyelids twitched, but his black and purple face was expressionless, and he raised his big hand again and waved it.

As a result, two more brigades of soldiers rushed up against the rain of arrows...

Three consecutive reinforcements, after paying the price of 3000 people, the pontoon bridge is only a few feet away from the opposite bank, and the soldiers have been completely exposed to the enemy. Not only can bows and crossbows approach and shoot, some soldiers with amazing physical strength can even fly short spears to attack them. kill.

At this distance, even with ten times more troops, it is impossible to directly erect the pontoon bridge to the opposite bank.

Yu Chigong raised his horse and shouted heavily: "The cavalry is ready to charge!"

Two thousand cavalry quickly assembled behind him, and Yu Chigong shouted: "Attack!"

"drive!"

"Herod!"

The sound of people shouting and neighing suddenly sounded, and two thousand cavalrymen lined up in five columns, increased the speed of their horses within a very short distance, and rushed towards the opposite bank along the pontoon bridge, letting the arrows like locusts above their heads fall. As nothing.

People have been hit by arrows and fell down, but everyone has never stopped and moved forward.

The horses galloped at an extremely fast speed, almost reaching the end of the pontoon bridge in the blink of an eye, and the distance to the opposite bank was several feet away, and one could even clearly see the figures of soldiers holding longbows on the opposite bank.

The first dozens of cavalry rode directly into the river, picked up the scattered planks, and stood in the river submerged in their chests. They used their bodies to build the last section of the pontoon bridge, and the following cavalry stepped on their shoulders. The wooden board jumped high and plunged into the left guard army on the opposite bank.

At the same time, two other pontoon bridges began to be laid quickly after the cavalry broke the enemy's formation.

Commander Su Jia's soldiers followed closely behind the cavalry and crossed the pontoon bridge to reach the opposite bank. They immediately swept across and defeated all the enemy troops near the river bank.

Zuo Wuwei reacted quickly after discovering the strength of the enemy's Bashui, and blocked it urgently. However, for the sake of safety, the camp was far away from the river bank. In addition, the infantry and archers were hard to resist under the cavalry's charge and sweep, and were quickly beaten to death and wounded, and had to retreat continuously.

When Niu Jinda led the main force to help, the three pontoon bridges of Youhouwei above the river had been laid, and the continuous strength of nearly [-] troops in Bashui completely stabilized the beachhead.

Niu Jinda was not afraid. After listening to the scout's report, he already had a preliminary judgment on the enemy's strength, position, and situation in his mind, and he was about to regroup to defend against the enemy.

Although the enemy army has successfully crossed the river, not everyone is Han Xin, and they can win more with less under the unfavorable situation of standing against the water. You only need to firmly suppress the enemy army on the beach, and there will be no reinforcements after that. It will eventually wipe out Youhouwei.

However, at this moment, the school lieutenant was ordered to fly over and convey Cheng Yaojin's military order: "The commander-in-chief has an order, order the general to lead the army to retreat immediately!"

Niu Jinda's eyes widened, and he almost beheaded the captain: "Do you know that you should be punished by Ling Chi for misrepresenting the military order?"

This line of defense is Zuo Wuwei's position. If Yu Chigong is allowed to break through successfully, it will mean that the Bashui defense line built by more than [-] troops will completely collapse, and the serious consequences will be immeasurable. How could Cheng Yaojin issue such a military order? ?
The school lieutenant was so frightened that he was sweating all over. Seeing that Niu Jinda's hand was already on the handle of the horizontal knife at his waist, he would be able to draw out the knife in the next moment and cut him in two. If there is a word wrong in the military order, the general will be willing to die!"

Niu Jinda had no choice but to let go of the hand holding the handle of the knife, glanced left and right, and then at the direction of Bashui in the darkness ahead, and finally could only wave his hand: "The whole army retreats!"

"Here!"

As his military order was conveyed downward, tens of thousands of troops retreated in an orderly manner.

On the bank of the Bashui River, Yu Chigong had already led the main force to cross the river. He heard the scouts report that the main force of Zuo Wuwei was retreating, but the retreat was not chaotic. Zuo Wuwei is thirty feet tall and closely monitors all his movements.

Then he turned around and ordered Yuchi Baohuan: "You return to Tongguan immediately with a few personal soldiers, and report the battle report here to His Highness Prince Jin, please implement it according to the original plan."

The so-called original plan was to completely abandon Hangu Pass and Tongguan Pass, and lead all the troops to go straight to Chang'an along such a passageway that Yuchi Gong rushed out, hoping that this would trigger a chain reaction of troops stationed in various places in Guanzhong, thus bringing the decisive battle to a close. Placed under the city of Chang'an.

Put all the dead and then live.

"Here!"

Yuchi Baohuan got the order and was about to rush to Tongguan, but he was dragged by Yuchi Gong again, turned around and looked at his father in surprise, and saw his father riding up to him, and said to him in a low voice: "After reporting back, Find a reason to leave King Jin's army and sneak back to Yushan, find a safe place to hide, if everything goes well here, my husband will send someone to look for you, if there is anything wrong...it probably won't involve your life, just But the wealth of our family ends here, and you brothers can take care of yourself in the future."

Yuchi Baohuan's complexion changed drastically, for some reason it was clear that there was a smooth road in front of him, but his father said such shocking words, just about to speak, Yuchi Gong had already softly shouted: "Don't make noise, just be obedient, go quickly!"

"Here!"

Yuchi Baohuan didn't dare to say more, glanced at his father, suppressed his worries, turned around and took two soldiers along the pontoon bridge back to the east bank of Bashui River, and galloped all the way north towards Tongguan.

Only then did Yu Chigong let out a sigh of relief, and turned around to command the troops to occupy the beachhead and set up a defense line, while scouts were sent west, south, and north to collect information.Even though Cheng Yaojin obviously saved his strength and retreated to give up the position on the west bank of Bashui, he was not coquettish and pursued the victory. Even if he rushed to the Chang'an city with so many troops from the right guard, it was impossible to break through the defense of Chang'an city. The reaction of the troops stationed in various places in Guanzhong was surrounded and strangled by imperial troops surrounded from all directions.

We can only firmly protect this position here, wait for the army of the King of Jin to arrive and cross the river smoothly, and then gather more than [-] troops to rush to Chang'an in a mighty manner, so as to cause a sudden change in the situation in Guanzhong to the greatest extent.

People must know restraint, and when they should endure, they must not be greedy for merit.

(End of this chapter)