Qian Song

Chapter 103 Long way to go (Please subscribe! Please ask for a monthly pass!)
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A shooting star pierced the starry sky, which seemed to indicate that tonight was extraordinary.

Under the star-studded sky, corresponding to the mighty, billowing waves, the waves meet, and the shadows of hundreds of ships, large and small, appear on the thousands of miles of galloping Yangtze River.

At this moment, these hundreds of ships are quietly gathering towards the opposite bank.

Tonight is the first large-scale operation since the Western Army arrived in Yangzhou.

From the moment they boarded the ship on the north shore, the soldiers of the Western Army's Vanguard Army couldn't hold back the long-suffering excitement in their hearts, and the soldiers in the boat kept whispering along the way.

It was not until this fleet of ships of various sizes and sizes approached the bank of the south of the Yangtze River that the voices in the team gradually disappeared.

The slightly fishy river wind swept across the unobstructed body of the ship, making these soldiers of the Western Army who were afraid of the water couldn't help but sit in the middle, and the soldiers of the Western Army who were riding in a small sampan even more firmly grasped the side of the boat.

Only the sailors in the Lianghuai area didn't care about the rushing water, and were sweating profusely rowing their oars against the current.

Not long after, the fleet marched to the riverside, and the majestic Jiaoshan Temple had loomed in the eyes of the vanguard soldiers.

The faint sound of gurgling water could not help but cheer up the spirits of the vanguard soldiers. Everyone began to do the final inspection of the landing on the ship, preparing for the big battle after disembarking.

As soon as the fleet approached the bank of the south of the Yangtze River, Han Shizhong stared at the opposite bank non-stop.

Not long after, Han Shizhong suddenly lowered his voice and said to Wang Yuan on the big boat beside him, "Mr. Wang, I feel that something is wrong at the end."

Wang Yuan asked, "What's so strange?"

Han Shizhong replied: "Why don't the responders guide our army to the shore with lights?"

Wang Yuan pondered for a while, and said, "Maybe you are afraid of scaring the snake?"

This also makes sense.

But Han Shizhong still feels bad.

On the other side, Wang Yuan, who trusted Han Shizhong very much, also murmured in his heart: "Is there really something wrong?"

After thinking for a while, Wang Yuan gave an order: "Leave the order to keep one man on the big boat and one man on the small boat, and set up a tight defense with bows and crossbows to prevent ants from taking the boat, and we will be ready to retreat at any time."

Han Shizhong felt that Wang Yuan's arrangement was very secure, so he didn't say anything more.

After the fleet docked, someone suddenly lit a fire on the shore, shook it, and then quickly extinguished it.

Seeing this, both Wang Yuan and Han Shizhong breathed a sigh of relief.

——The respondent has arrived, so things should not have changed.

Under Wang Yuan's command, in addition to the thousand left behind, the remaining nearly [-] vanguard troops began to disembark and disembark in an orderly manner.

The responders immediately came forward: "Zhang Xianggong personally transferred our troops to other places so that the heavenly army can land safely. I am Zhang Li, a small school under Zhang Xianggong's account. Zhang Xianggong is my family. I specially invite all generals to occupy Jiaoshan Temple. , this Jiaoshan Temple is the only dangerous place on the left and right, and it happens to strangle the throat of this section of the river, so that the heavenly army can cross the river with peace of mind."

Wang Yuan, Han Shizhong and others looked at the surrounding terrain and felt that what Zhang Li said was true, so they had no doubts about it, and followed Zhang Zhang along a winding and narrow path to Jiaoshan Temple.

While leading the way, Zhang Li introduced the situation in Jiaoshan Temple to Wang Yuan and others: "There is only one man in the temple today, but Zhang Xianggong intends to keep it. There is nothing to be afraid of, and Zhang Xianggong's cronies have already controlled the key place. As soon as the Heavenly Army arrives, Zhang Xianggong's cronies will be violent..."

As Han Shizhong was walking, he suddenly felt that the place was very dark. He looked up at the terrain and found that this was an excellent place to ambush.

Han Shizhong suddenly felt that the situation was not good, he just wanted to persuade Wang Yuan to march cautiously.

But it was too late.

Tension, who was leading the way ahead, suddenly dodges, and the person disappears.

Immediately afterwards, arrows were fired from the slope above the mountain road, and the arrows rained like rain.

Moreover, there were many powerful jackdaw arrows mixed in the arrow rain.

The Song army was caught off guard by the Huben army. 7000 people crowded on the narrow mountain road, rushing east and west, trampling each other.

Just at this time, dozens of human heads were thrown out from the opposite side, and then someone shouted: "Zhang Gong and his cronies are here, you have caught the trick!"

As a result, the Song army inevitably became more flustered, trampling each other to death and trampling countless people.

Han Shizhong saw that all of them would die here if things went on like this, and he said loudly: "If there is chaos, everyone will die here, stay here, and obey my orders!"

Han Shizhong immediately ordered his men and horses to line up, and then Han Shizhong personally led hundreds of daredevils from his headquarters, screaming loudly, and rushed straight into the Huben army.

The generals of the Huben army commanding the ambush were frightened by the beast-like screams from Han Shizhong and the others, and they did not expect that the Song army would be so brave that they rushed up with arrows. They were so frightened that they retreated and forgot to command for a while.

Fortunately, seeing this, the supervising army beheaded the commander with a knife, and shouted: "I die, and my family lives! I flee, and my family dies! Everyone follow me to meet the enemy!"

After speaking, the supervising army took over the command and continued to command the Huben army to shoot and kill the Song army with bows and crossbows.

It's a pity that after such a delay, Han Shizhong, who is good at seizing the opportunity, led his men into the Tiger's Army formation.

Han Shizhong's men and horses are all the elite of the Western Army, and their fighting ability is naturally not comparable to that of the generals and soldiers of the Huben Army who have more than half of the recruits and have not experienced close combat.

Not long after, Han Shizhong beheaded the small school holding the flag, causing serious confusion in the command of the Huben Army.

Seeing this, Wang Yuan took the lead and led the remaining Song army into the battle formation of the Huben army.

The soldiers of the Song Army screamed strangely while killing, like a pack of hungry wolves.

Although the Huben army in ambush was much more than the Song army, the combat strength of the two sides was really far behind.

This made the situation reverse quickly-the Song army gradually gained the upper hand.

At this time, the sound of gold ringing resounded in Jiaoshan Temple.

The Huben army in ambush heard the order to withdraw troops and hurriedly withdrew from the battlefield.

Wang Yuan was already red-eyed, seeing that the Huben army had retreated, he still wanted to pursue it.

Fortunately, at the last moment, Han Shizhong grabbed Wang Yuan: "Master, our army is planning, there must be a large army hidden in Jiaoshan Temple, retreat quickly!"

Only then did Wang Yuan realize that he almost fell into the scheme of the Huben army to lure the enemy into the enemy.

Wang Yuan hurriedly led the remaining [-] to [-] remnants of the defeated army to retreat to the shore.

But Wang Yuan, Han Shizhong and other remnants of the defeated generals had just come down from the mountain, and the guard horse army who had been in ambush for a long time, under the leadership of Niu Wei, roared and killed them.

Seeing this, Han Shizhong sent more than a dozen sharp archers from his headquarters to climb up a large rock in a hurry, and then used other people from his headquarters to shoot in line, preparing to shoot and kill the soldiers guarding the horse army with bows and arrows, so as to fight for the rest of the defeated soldiers to board the ship. time.

Soon, both sides entered the shooting range of the other side.

Under the command of Xiaoxiao Jieyuan, the sharp archer arranged by Han Shizhong, with a single volley, Niu Wei, who was charging at the front, got off his horse in seconds.

The soldiers of the guard horse army who followed Niu Wei saw that their main general had been shot, some wanted to avoid Niu Wei's body, they galloped wildly, and some of them failed to control the horse and made it sit The war horse stepped over Niu Wei's body, panicked in fright, and hurriedly reined in the horse to stop, causing a serious collision inside the guard horse army.

In this way, first of all, the guard horse army was left without a leader, which severely damaged the morale of the guard horse army, and the key guard horse army's attack formation was in chaos.

Just at this time, Han Shizhong's volley shot over.

Although the supervising army Gao Hongliang also promptly commanded the guard horse army to fight back with bows and arrows and magic arm bows.

However, the arrow skills of the soldiers of the personal guard horse army were far worse than that of Han Shizhong's elite western army. The key point was that they fought back in a panic. Trigger, as for where the crossbow shot, they don't know.

On the other hand, on Han Shizhong's side, almost every arrow of the dozen or so sharp archers commanded by Xie Yuan could take the life of a guard cavalry. It can efficiently harvest the lives of the cavalry of the guard horse army.

As a result, the guard horse army was shot and killed by Han Shizhong's troops for hundreds of horses.

In fact, if Niu Wei hadn't died in battle at this time, with Niu Wei's bravery, he would definitely lead the remaining guards and horse troops to continue to charge forward.

In that case, the four or five hundred infantry troops of Han Shizhong's troops would surely be defeated, and the more than 3000 remnants and defeated generals led by Wang Yuan would definitely be covered up by the guard horse army.

However, Gao Hongliang, who took over Niu Wei's command of the battle, was too cowardly. Seeing that the arrow skills of Han Shizhong's soldiers were too powerful, and his own side was in chaos, he even gave an order to retreat at the risk of being beheaded.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Yuan rushed to the shore with more than 3000 defeated soldiers.

Immediately afterwards, Han Shizhong, who was lucky enough to escape, quickly led his troops and fled to the shore.

Seeing this, Li Cun, who was in Jiaoshan Temple, put down the binoculars in disappointment.

Li Cun's disappointment was not only for Zhao Han'er, the commander-in-chief this time, but also for other soldiers of the Huben Army.

In this ambush, the Huben Army can be said to have an absolute advantage-not to mention that Li Cun arranged everything for them in advance, the strength of the Huben Army alone is five or six times that of the Song Army, and there are three The thousand-horse army went into battle, and it was said that they could easily wipe out the seven or eight thousand Song troops.

However, from the top to the bottom of the Huben army, everything went wrong.

However, the Song Army did not have any gorgeous skills to win, that is, the combat literacy of its commanders and soldiers was far stronger than that of the Huben Army's commanders and soldiers.

To be honest, this was an unfair battle, a battle that Li Cun used to hone the soldiers of the Huben Army.

Otherwise, the Huben army will lose ten times and win nothing.

Li Cun did not blame Zhao Han'er and the soldiers of Huben's army.

——The Huben Army has only been a little over half a year since it became an army. Although the battles it has experienced are not small, but under the protection of Li Cun, the Huben Army has not fought hard or bitter battles, and even many recruits have not yet entered After a real battlefield, there is always only one way for the birth of elite soldiers and strong generals, that is to fight, and to fight continuously. Only by fighting a lot and experiencing enough blood and injury can you grow and transform into a real elite soldier Strong general.

But from the current point of view, the Huben Army is really far behind.

Li Cun expressed his feelings: "There is a long way to go!"

After sighing, Li Cun waved his hand lightly.

Seeing this, the herald who had been waiting for a long time immediately issued an order: "Fire the cannon!"

Three letter cannons immediately exploded "Boom Boom Boom".

Immediately afterwards, tens of thousands of torches were quickly lit on the originally lonely and gloomy Yangtze River.

For a moment, it seemed that the Yangtze River had been ignited.

Taking a closer look with the light of the torches, at least two thousand large ships appeared on the Yangtze River at some point.

These big ships, densely packed with canine teeth, seem to have locked the Yangtze River.

Wang Yuan, Han Shizhong and others who had just boarded the boat looked up, and they were all dumbfounded!
——They were completely surrounded...

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(End of this chapter)