Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 314 The Battlefield on the Northern Front (5)

Uncle Zhou was not sure about Zhang Han's intentions in the camp of the Han army, but he didn't know the ups and downs of Zhang Han's army. I don't know what Zhang Han is going to do, but all he can do is to follow Zhang Han's order honestly, hurry up to prepare dry food, torches and other necessities for night battles, and lead the soldiers to take turns to rest, build up their strength and wait for the night to launch operations.

Finally, when it was almost evening, Zhang Han held a meeting in the big tent of the Chinese army and assigned combat tasks to the generals in the army. You are also very clear about the situation, Uncle Zhou is currently facing a formidable enemy, which prevents us from withdrawing from the Jinyang battlefield smoothly, and the Han bandit Wangling's troops attacked us again. More than half of the money, food and military supplies have been taken away, and troops are still marching towards Dai County, our capital, and our rear is already in danger of total fall."

Speaking of this, Zhang Han raised his voice and said: "So in this battle tonight, we can only win, and we must never lose. No matter what, we must defeat the Han thieves and completely reverse the passive disadvantage we are currently facing! I hope that the generals will work hard to encourage Soldiers, lead them to fight the enemy bravely, just like when we were in Dingtao, the soldiers work together to defeat the enemy in one battle!"

All the generals of Zhang Han's army clasped their fists together and chanted promises. Zhang Han nodded and said, "I will tell our soldiers clearly in a while that the rear of the Han bandits is empty. At present, only the bandits like Uncle Zhou can be our opponents." , as long as we can successfully defeat Zhou Shupifu, then not only can we keep our Dai County capital, but we can also take advantage of the victory and pursue the pursuit, return to Guanzhong in one fell swoop, and reunite with our parents and family members, do you understand?"

"understand!"

The generals of Zhang Han's army answered in unison, Zhang Han nodded again, and then said: "Tonight's tactics are very simple. The king has already set up a trap to lure Zhou Shupifu's main force to cross Fen River eastward at night and come north to stop us. The main force withdrew and returned to Dai County. Therefore, we only need to set up a false appearance, cut off the Fenshui pontoon bridge in time, and block the main force of the Han bandits on the east bank of the Fenshui River. Then we can win the opportunity to attack the Han bandit camp with all our strength. If there is no food, grass and military supplies, Zhou Shupifu will have no choice but to retreat immediately, and then we only need to pursue with all our strength, and we can easily defeat the main force of the bandit army and reverse the battlefield situation in Taiyuan County in one fell swoop!"

After finally introducing his tactics and purpose, Zhang Han pointed at his favorite general, Nei Shibao, and shouted: "Nai Shibao, you will lead [-] troops to stay in the camp tonight, and you will take on the important task of luring the enemy by the way. At the beginning of the second watch At that time, you only left [-] troops to guard the camp, and you personally led [-] troops to carry food, grass and luggage across the river, pretending to retreat to the north, so as to confuse the main force of the Han rebels lurking on the east bank of Fen River. If the main force of the Han rebels sends troops to intercept, You must immediately abandon the baggage vehicles, lead the army back to our camp, destroy the pontoon bridge, and never give the Han bandit army a chance to cross the river and attack our camp!"

Nei Shibao hurriedly sang the promise, but Zhang Han refused to rest assured, and urged: "Remember two points, the first is to light more torches in our camp, and pretend that our main force is still in the camp. Second, you must fill the baggage vehicles with heavy objects, lest the Han thieves see the flaws!"

Nei Shibao hastily agreed again, and Zhang Han also turned to the other generals and said: "The rest of the generals, lead all the remaining troops, follow me out of the camp to assemble during the first watch, and must arrive at Jinyang City before the second watch. Second, the whole army crossed the river, marched towards the Han bandit camp, and when they arrived at the gate of the bandit camp, immediately launched an attack! If we don’t destroy the bandit camp, we promise not to withdraw our troops!”

All the generals sang promises together, and then General Su Lu asked again: "Your Majesty, can you ask two questions? First, the camp of the Han bandits is protected by ditches and walls. We have no weapons to attack the enemy camp. How can we attack the bandit camp?" Second, the main force of the Han thieves found out that they had been fooled and immediately returned to aid their camp, how can we resist?"

"Don't worry about the weapons for attacking the tough ones." Zhang Han said coldly: "Our allies Jin Wangjun and Zhai Wangjun have already secretly prepared 150 flying ladders and [-] trench bridge vehicles for us in Jinyang City, which is enough for us. When the time comes, they will not only send the city over to us, but also dispatch troops to help us fight.”

"As for the return of the main force of the Han thieves, don't worry, Jin Wangjun and Zhai Wangjun have already prepared hundreds of fire rafts, and they will be dispatched suddenly at that time, which is enough to burn down all the pontoon bridges of the Han thieves on the Fenshui River and let the Han thieves Even if the main force returns, there is no way to cross the river to reinforce their camp, and we can only watch us break into their camp and seize all their supplies!"

After listening to Zhang Han's explanation, all the generals of Zhang Han's army suddenly realized, and they all praised Zhang Han's clever plan like a god, and his thoughtfulness. Well, this king deliberately lost two battles in a row, and let Shi Jian send two pieces of military information, one true and one false, for Zhao Ben, but you can't fool you!"

The time to send out the troops soon came, and just as the clapper of the early watch rang, the main force of Zhang Han's army in the early [-]s came out of the camp secretly under the cover of night, and secretly assembled outside the west gate of their camp. Then Zhang Han just gave the order When they set off, the soldiers of Zhang Han's army who had received strict training immediately set off to the south, without lighting a torch, relying entirely on the faint moonlight to illuminate, they went south almost silently and secretly, and left in less than an hour. After completing the [-]-mile road, we arrived at the Jinshui River under the city of Jinyang.

At this time, the advantage that the Jinshui bridges were all controlled by the Jinzhai Allied Forces was also reflected. With the help and guidance of the secret sentries outside the city of the Jinzhai Allied Forces, the main force of the Zhang Han Army quickly crossed the Jinshui River without making a sound. They lined up to the south bank of Jinshui.At the same time, more than [-] remaining main forces of the Jindi Allied Forces, led by Dong Yi, also left the city with the weapons they searched for and made by the people in the city. Shuiqiao crossed the river and joined forces with the main force of Zhang Han's army, and quickly handed over half of the attacking weapons to the main force of Zhang Han's army.

When all these preparations were completed, it was already the first quarter of the second watch, and Zhang Han had just ordered to set off to continue southward. At the same time, the main camp of Zhang Han's army, Nei Shibao, the general of Zhang Han's army, also decisively carried out Order, while lighting countless torches in the camp, arranging the illusion that the main force is still in the camp, while escorting military supplies vehicles loaded with heavy loads across the river, pretending to cross the river overnight and withdraw from the Jinyang battlefield, so as to confuse that the deployment must have been made in advance The main force of the Han army's partial division on the east bank of Fenshui.

At the third quarter of the second watch, the allied forces of Dai, Jin and Zhai sneaked around the camp of the Han army and quickly formed an attacking formation. In order to take down the camp of the Han army as soon as possible, Zhang Han also tentatively dispatched elite soldiers to sneak forward and attack the gate of the Han army camp. However, the soldiers of the Han army were closely guarded. The Zhang Han army commando was first spotted by the Han army sentry before they even touched the camp gate. They immediately rang the gong to call the police, and soon there was a lot of noise in the Han army camp. Many soldiers rushed to the camp and shot arrows. Protect the gate of the camp and shoot back the commando of Zhang Han's army with random arrows.

"pity."

While regretting it, Zhang Han didn't think it was strange—since the main force of the Han army had already gone to the east bank of Fenshui, Daying must be more vigilant and precautionary, and it was not surprising that the surprise attack could not succeed.So Zhang Han didn't mind, he just shouted immediately: "Beat the drum, attack the camp!"

"Dong dong dong dong dong dong!"

"Kill—!"

Hearing the order, hundreds of cowhide drums immediately beat at the same time, and the soldiers of Zhang Han's army, who were ready to wait, immediately divided into two groups, and charged forward with the trench bridge vehicles and simple flying ladders provided by the friendly army, shouting and killing at the same time. The two northwestern gates of the Han army camp, in order to ensure that the Han army camp was captured as soon as possible, Zhang Han was very generous this time and dispatched [-] troops to charge and attack the Han army camp at any cost!
At the same time, upon hearing the sound of war drums, the east gate of Jinyang, which had been closed until now, was immediately opened. Two thousand soldiers charged out of the city with rafts and firewood on their backs. The carefully selected sailors attacked with rafts, rowed and paddled towards the pontoon bridge of the Han army in the lower reaches of the Fenshui River.

Still at the same time, outside the east gate of Zhang Han's army camp, countless heavy-loaded vehicles had already crossed Fenshui and assembled on the east bank of Fenshui, but the surrounding area was still quiet and no movement was seen. However, Zhang Hanjun's camp was about [-] miles away from the Han Army's camp. Zhang Han could not see the situation on the northern line, nor could he hear the voice of the northern line, and Nei Shibao had no way to immediately report the news to Zhang Han...

The scene turns back to the camp of the Han army. During the charge of Zhang Han’s army, which broke out from two directions, more soldiers of the Han army silently charged up the wall, and waited with their bows and arrows. Zhang Han's army rushed close, and when Zhang Han's army rushed into the bow and arrow range of the Han army's soldiers, there was a loud shout on the wall, and countless feathers and arrows flew out, covering the Zhang Han army's soldiers overwhelmingly. On the head, countless casualties were immediately caused to the soldiers of Zhang Han's army.

The dark night interfered with Zhang Han and Dong Yi's sight. Zhang Han and Dong Yi, who were old on the battlefield, couldn't see the situation ahead. No matter how experienced they were, they couldn't quickly find out that the number of defenders on the Han army barracks was obvious. No, after the soldiers of the Han army released several waves of feather arrows one after another, Zhang Han found out that the situation was wrong through the number of arrows hit by the soldiers and fell to the ground. He was also surprised and blurted out: "How is it possible? Why are the crossbows so dense?"

It was too late to realize that the situation was wrong, the former army had already rushed forward, and could not call back in a hurry, like swarms of moths, they rushed into the black flames densely, countless people were killed or injured by the arrows , and like a piece of iron attracted by a magnet, it is impossible to get rid of the attraction quickly, and soon because of the need to arrange trench bridges and vehicles to pass through the trench, the formation becomes chaotic.

It was at this time that the drums in the camp of the Han army suddenly burst out, and countless torches were quickly lit. Before Zhang Han and Dong Yi could cry out in shock, there was already a sound of killing at the foot of Luliang Mountain in the west. Countless Han troops The soldiers rushed out from the forest with shouts, and went straight to the back of Dai Zhai's allied army.

Then, as a matter of course, the north, south and south gates of the Han army camp opened wide, and the three Han armies rushed out at the same time with torches. The poor flanks were not spared!
"It's hit!"

It was only at this time that Zhang Han finally yelled out the words stuck in his throat, and Zhang Han didn't even dare to blink his eyelids, and immediately shouted at Dong Yi who was next to him: "King Zhai, take you with me right away!" Let the army go back, no matter what, we must keep the bridge across the river, I will fight and retreat, hold back the bandit army for a while, and you will cover me to cross the river in a while!"

Zhang Han's reaction was quick, and Dong Yi's movements were also quick. As soon as he heard Zhang Han's roar, he immediately led his army back to the north. Uncle's prior arrangements - before this, a Han army ambush had already rushed out from the foot of Luliang Mountain at the source of Jinshui, and rushed to the Jinshui Bridge under Jinyang City at the fastest speed!Every soldier of the Han army carried a bundle of firewood on their backs!
Uncle Zhou's arrangement was more than that. Hearing the sound of war drums in the camp of the Han army, fires rose one after another on some hills on the east bank of Fenshui. Immediately screamed and rushed out, rushing to the Zhang Han army's supply team that had already crossed the river.As a result, at the critical moment, Nei Shibao made a fatal misjudgment, and immediately strictly followed Zhang Han's advance order, and immediately led the troops crossing the river to retreat across the river, and at the same time lit the pontoon bridge, so as not to give the Han army an opportunity to attack their own army. Camp opportunities.

Nei Shibao’s actions did not cause much direct material loss. In fact, most of the so-called baggage vehicles that crossed the river were filled with useless earth and rocks. The fatal point is that Zhang Han's army set fire to the pontoon bridge and cut off their own army's rapid escape across the river...

Then turn the picture back to the battlefield of the Han army camp. After charging out of the camp, it was still without exception. Due to the baptism of the original grenade, the disturbance effect was better than expected by the soldiers of the Han army. The column of Zhang Han's army attacked by the original grenade was almost thrown into chaos as soon as it was blown up. Scattered, broke through several interception lines of Zhang Han's army one after another, and quickly killed the main brigade of Zhang Han's army into chaos.

Then, when the Han army ambushed behind Zhang Han's army, the main force of Zhang Han's army had no chance to fight and retreat. The generals and soldiers were scattered and scattered, scrambling to escape to the north, and trampling each other constantly. In the end, Zhang Han couldn't control the situation at all. In the end, he could only scream angrily and flee northward with the army he could control, "Where is the problem? How did Uncle Zhou see through this king's trick of?"

At this time, the ambush soldiers of the Han army who had been arranged in advance at the source of Jinshui also rushed to the foot of Jinyang City, and against the feather arrows hastily cast by the defenders on the city, they hurriedly piled up the straw bundles on the bridge and burned them. All six bridges on the Jinshui River were set on fire, and when Dong Yi withdrew his troops to the vicinity, it was too late. The six bridges were already surrounded by flames. Go to the bridge to put out the fire as much as possible, but how can the raging fire be stopped by manpower?Four of the six bridges collapsed quickly, and the remaining two were creaking from the fire and might collapse at any time.

In the end, when Zhang Han fled to the Jinshui River with his defeated soldiers, not only the six bridges had been burned, but even most of Dong Yi’s soldiers were blocked on the south bank of the Jinshui River. Zhang Han had no choice but to shout crazily : "Turn around and fight to the death, kill the enemy! Take my life away!"

The tenacious resistance of Zhang Han's army lasted less than half a moment before it was declared a failure. The imposing Han army soldiers slashed and slashed forward without hesitation, killing Zhang Han's and Dong Yi's troops so frightened that they screamed. Incessantly, in order to survive, countless soldiers had to jump into the Jinshui River and swim across the river. More soldiers of the Dai Zhai coalition army fell into Hanoi after being expelled by the soldiers of the Han army. Corpses of Confederate soldiers.Then layers of corpses filled the river, completely stopping the Jinshui, which has a large amount of water.

The matter is not over yet, after narrowly escaping from Jinshui with the corpses of the soldiers, before Zhang Hansong breathed a sigh of relief, the pursuers of the Han army had already followed and killed them. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Han could only adopt his subordinates With a kind suggestion, he fled directly into Jinyang City with a small number of troops to get rid of the pursuit.As for Dong Yi, Uncle Dong, he was the first to take the lead in fleeing into Jinyang City. He even left his own army behind and ignored him, let alone Zhang Han's army and the army lent to him by Sima Xin.

Even so, the generals of the Han army still did not give up the attack. In addition to destroying the enemies on the south bank of Jinshui and outside Jinyang City as much as possible, they interspersed with cavalry to intercept the defeated soldiers of Zhang Han's army in the northern suburbs of Jinyang. In the brigade, Zhang Han's defeated soldiers had no way to go to the sky, and there was no way to go to the ground. Countless people surrendered, and a few stubborn ones were all beheaded. They were all soldiers of the coalition army who knelt and surrendered. The defeated soldiers of the coalition army were crying and shouting outside Jinyang City, while the soldiers of the Han army were bursting with joy. His knuckles turned white, but there was nothing he could do.

In this battle, the Han army not only completely damaged the vitality of the Dai-Jin-Zhai coalition forces, but also completely wiped out the courage of the Dai-Jin-Zhai coalition forces. Just after receiving the news that the main force of Zhang Han was defeated, Nei Shibao, the general of the Zhang Han army who stayed in the camp, He immediately abandoned the camp and retreated, taking the rest of the army to escape along the small road on the west bank of Fenshui River. Running southward, the Han army surrendered in front of the formation. Uncle Zhou received the news and immediately dispatched the Han army cavalry to pursue northward, chasing and beheading Nei Shibao on the bank of the Fenshui River. Most of the remaining Zhang Han soldiers chose to surrender. In less than a day, the Jindi coalition forces were left with more than 1 remnants and defeated generals in Jinyang City.

Basically annihilated the main force of the Dai-Jin-Zhai coalition forces, but the battle in Jinyang is not over yet. Jinyang City, which is known for its fortification, is still difficult to win, and the remaining Dai-Jin-Zhai coalition forces are barely enough to defend the city. Hope to keep the city for a long time.But fortunately, Zhang Han, Dong Yi, Sima Xin and others have no reinforcements to count on, and they know that once the city is broken, they must all die without a place to bury them. Under the persuasion and lure of the army, he wavered.So as soon as the troops were sent back to the camp, Uncle Zhou immediately smiled at Mr. Uncle Sun who came to greet him and said, "Mr. Uncle Sun, the next step is up to you."

"What do you mean by General Zhou's words?" Uncle Sun's face changed, and he said with a trembling voice: "Could it be that you want to follow our king and force the lower officials to enter the city to persuade the remaining bandit army to open the city and surrender?"

"I'm not forcing you, but I'm asking you to work hard." Uncle Zhou said with a smile: "Sir, you have been sent to the enemy's camp for the king before, and you have made great achievements many times, but you will not be able to succeed in the end. I would like to ask you to work hard and go to the city for a long time." Come on, try to help us persuade Zhang Han and Dong Yi to take the initiative to open the city and surrender, so as to reduce the casualties of our soldiers in the siege."

"Isn't that the same?" Mr. Shusun screamed and said, "General Zhou, don't you know that the most feared thing for an officer is to go to the enemy's camp, why do you still insist on imitating our king and forcing me Venture into town?"

"There won't be any danger." Zhou Shu comforted with a smile: "Let's not say that the bandit army is trapped in the isolated city, helpless, and absolutely has no guts to hurt our envoy. If Ken agrees to surrender, he will definitely not attack you."

"What if? What if they jump over the wall in a hurry?" Mr. Shusun's voice was even more miserable, and he said: "We just beat the bandits so badly, and they must all be pissed off. What if they are in a panic? Under the circumstances, what should I do if I behead the lower official with a sword?"

The smile on Uncle Zhou's face disappeared, and he was about to say a few harsh words to force Mr. Uncle Sun to go to Jinyang as an envoy, but Zhou Shu who was next to him suddenly came up and said, "General, can you wait for the matter of sending envoys to surrender?" Besides? Regarding this matter, the old man has a few words from the bottom of his heart, and I want to say it to you alone."

After saying that, Zhou Shu winked his eyes at Uncle Zhou. Uncle Zhou understood, and he always respected the famous four old men of Shangshan, so he nodded, temporarily letting poor Mr. Uncle Sun go, and wondering at the same time, "" At this point in the matter, sending envoys to surrender is a matter of course? What else does Mr. Luli have to say?"

(End of this chapter)