Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 331 The Battle of Jingxing
The river crossing plan formulated by Zhang Ao and others was indeed very careful. Ten thousand Zhao troops set off at the second watch and began to cross the river at the third watch. It was only when the sky was about to dawn that the first batch of Han army scouts who went out to investigate the enemy's situation discovered this situation.

When the scouts of the Han army discovered this situation, it can be said that it was too late. All the ten thousand troops of the Zhao army had crossed the long river, formed a strong formation on the west bank to protect the ferry, and rushed to repair some temporary defenses such as antlers and repelling horses. The fortifications protected the position, and [-] solid pontoon bridges were built on the sprawling water, opening the way for the main force of the Zhao army to advance to the west bank.At the same time, the main force of the well-prepared Zhao army has also left the camp in large numbers, and is rushing to the ferry with torches. The Han army basically has no chance to attack Zhao army halfway.

Fortunately, Uncle Zhou never thought about seizing the opportunity of attacking halfway to defeat the enemy from the very beginning. At the same time, in Uncle Zhou's tactical plan, the Han army did not need too much warning and contingency time, so Uncle Zhou did not panic , just ordered the soldiers of the Han army to hurry up to cook and eat, and to make more dry food for eating on the battlefield, and to give an order to the servant Xia Shuo in the south, and then ignore Zhao Jun to cross the river and let Zhao Jun cross the river. The main force calmly crossed the sprawling water under the cover of the former army.

Seeing this scene, all the generals of the Han army were of course surprised, and asked one after another: "General, Zhao's rebel army is crossing the river. This is a great opportunity for us to attack the rebel army halfway across the river. Why don't you send troops out of the camp?"

"Attack at the crossing? It's easy to say, Zhao Guo's rebel army has formed a strong formation at the ferry, and hastily dispatched troops. How likely are we to break through the rebel army's battle formation?" Uncle Zhou asked back, and then smiled and said: " Well, even if we go all out, we are sure to break the battle formation of Zhao Guo's bandit army, but drive away the front team of Zhao Guo's bandit army, how come we have the opportunity to fight head-on and wipe out the main force of Zhao's bandit army?"

"A frontal decisive battle? Annihilate the main force of Zhao's bandit army in the first battle?" All the civil and military soldiers of the Han army present took a breath, and hurriedly said again: "General Zhou, are we sure we can do this? The strength of Zhao's bandit army is Above us, most of our soldiers are recruits from Guanzhong Shangjun, and their fighting power may not be higher than that of Zhao's bandit army. In a decisive battle head-on, how sure are we of annihilating the main force of Zhao's bandit army?"

Uncle Zhou smiled confidently, and said: "On the battlefield, it is not only the number of troops and the strength of soldiers that determine the outcome, but also a tactical issue that is more important. If tactics are used properly, our more than 2 troops, You may not be sure to wipe out the main force of Zhao's bandit army."

The generals of the Han army looked at each other, and they didn't quite understand the strong self-confidence from Uncle Zhou. At the same time, some of the more careful generals of the Han army said strangely in their hearts: "Our 2-strong army? Our [-]-strong army is divided into three parts. Three thousand were sent to station in Jingxing City, plus the four thousand troops that Xia said, the strength is still more than thirty thousand? Why did General Zhou forget such an important point?"

At the same time, under the cover of the elite troops of the former army led by Uncle Tian, ​​the main force of the Zhao army has also begun to cross the river in an all-round way. The troops went north to wait for orders outside Jingxing City, and closely monitored every move of the 2000 Han guards in Jingxing City. The first team rushed across the not very wide sprawling water at the fastest speed, crossed the river to form an formation on the west bank, helped the former army protect the ferry, and gradually put their troops into the battlefield on the west bank in an orderly manner.

In the end, when Zhang Ao personally led the chariot soldiers and cavalry across the long river, Zhang Ao, Guan Gao and Uncle Tian and other Zhao Junwen and Wu quietly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that there was no need to worry about the Han army going out of the camp to attack. Then, because the main force of the Han army was always huddled in the camp, Zhang Ao and others immediately turned their attention to the Xia Shuo army camp in the southwest, and said: "When all our troops have crossed the river, the Han thieves will be killed." If we don’t go to battle, we will immediately take down the camp of Xia Shuo’s rebels, and cut off the wings of the traitors first.”

Nearly half an hour later, the main force of the [-] Zhao army crossed the Mianman River, joined the former army and gathered [-] troops on the west bank of the Mianman River, and established an absolute superiority in strength on some battlefields. Zhang Ao, Guan Gao and others did not hesitate, and immediately led the main force of the Zhao army to kill Xia Shuo's army camp. During this period, Zhang Ao, Guan Gao and others grinned grimly, and said in their hearts: "Xia said traitor, your time of death has come !"

To the surprise of Zhang Ao, Guan Gao and others, when they led the army to the outside of Xia Shuo's camp, although Xia Shuo's camp was full of flags, smoke billowing from the kitchen, and the sound of drums from time to time, there was no sound above the camp and in front of the camp gate. It was empty and there was no one in sight. Zhang Ao and others were surprised. After discussing for a while, they decided to send [-] troops to launch a tentative attack to scout out what Xia said in the camp.

Only then did Zhang Ao, Guan Gao and the others fall into disbelief, when a thousand Zhao soldiers carried the flying ladder that was originally intended to attack Jingxing County and charged, and rushed up to Xia Shuojun's camp without any effort, shouting, and then He also directly broke through the gate of Xia Shuojun's camp and entered the camp.During this period, Xia said that the barracks not only didn't shoot an arrow to block it, but also didn't see a single soldier launch a counterattack. It was as empty as an empty camp...

"Major General, it's an empty camp! Xia said that the bandits slipped through the back door, this is an empty camp!"

Zhang Ao, Guan Gao and others were completely dumbfounded by the former army's report, and after careful questioning, Zhang Ao and Guan Gao were stunned to learn that the Xia said the military camp was really empty at present, and the soldiers in the camp had already opened it. At the back gate of the camp, relying on the cover of the mountain forest to escape from the small road behind the camp into the Taihang Mountains, the continuous sound of drums was nothing more than the sound of the goats' hooves beating the drums when Xia said soldiers tied the goats to the drums.

"The shameless traitor, knowing that he is not our opponent, unexpectedly slipped away so shamelessly! We were fooled!"

It was too late to realize that he had been fooled. Xia Shuojun had already run away shamelessly. The fists of Zhao Jun's main force completely hit the air. the goal of.In desperation, Zhang Ao could only hurriedly ask Guan Gao: "Old Mr. Guan, Xia said that the bandits ran away shamelessly, what shall we do next?"

Guan Gao, who hadn't thought of this situation at all, couldn't answer, frowned and thought for a while before saying: "Xia said that since the rebels have slipped away, and the Han thieves have closed their camp, the best way is for us to retreat as soon as possible and retreat to the camp." Continue to guard the dangerous points, and then think of another way to defeat the enemy."

It took a lot of hard work to bring the main force across the Mianmanshui, and he was about to withdraw without even seeing the enemy. Of course, Zhang Ao was extremely unwilling. As a result, at this time, more than a hundred soldiers suddenly came to the Han army camp. The cavalry of the Han army rushed to the side of the Zhao army and yelled at them, and greeted Zhang Er and Zhang Ao, the rich and beautiful old lady who had eloped with Changgong. Zhang Ao was furious when he heard this, and immediately sent [-] cavalry to meet him. However, he just saw the Zhao army cavalry When dispatched, the cavalry of the Han army turned around and ran away immediately, the cavalry of the Zhao army resolutely pursued, roaring and were soon led to the vicinity of the Han army camp.

At this time, the east and south gates of the Han camp suddenly opened, and five hundred cavalry each rushed out, waving sabers and encircling the Zhao cavalry left and right. The horse battle was soon cut down by the cavalry of the Han army, and many people were cut down one after another, and they were forced to flee in embarrassment. The cavalry of the Han army chased their horses wildly, and they reined in their horses when they were close to the battle formation of the Zhao army, and continued to greet Zhang Aona loudly. A rich and beautiful old woman who had an affair with a slave.

There are not many unfilial rebels in this era, and Zhang Ao is definitely not one of them. Seeing that the Han army repeatedly humiliated his biological mother, Zhang Ao was furious and refused to listen to Guan Gao to stop him. , Red-eyed and led the army to move northward, while the Han cavalry turned around and ran away, cursing and trying to lure the main force of the Zhao army to the camp of the main force of the Han army, and then rushed back to the camp of their own army to avoid rest.

It was Zhao Jun's turn to yell and fight outside the Han army camp, but it was a pity that Uncle Zhou had been with Xiang Kang for so long, and he hadn't learned any other strengths. How the soldiers insulted Uncle Zhou's treasonous Wei Touhan, he was neglected in the Wei army, Uncle Zhou just smiled and refused to send another soldier to fight, but only sent scolders to climb the base to scold back, continuing to anger Zhang Ao .

Not to mention, the scolding of the Han army was really not in vain. He couldn't bear the humiliation of the Han army's scolding, and seeing that it was still early, there was enough time, and the self-army had a huge advantage in strength. Gritting his teeth, he simply mobilized the army and launched a frontal attack on the Han army camp.Guan Gao dissuaded him, but Zhang Ao refused to obey.

Thanks to Zhang Er's confidant, Zhao Wu, and Zhao Jianjun. Before that, in order to make things difficult for Xia Shuo, he forced the generals of Zhao Jun to build the Xiguankou camp extremely strong. There was not much difference in the city walls, and Xia Shuojun left the Han army with sufficient supplies to defend the fort without any damage.So needless to say, Zhao Jun's strong attack was of course kicked on the iron plate. No matter how Zhang Ao urged the army to come forward, and no matter how Zhao Jun soldiers sacrificed their lives and kept charging with the flying ladder, they were still defeated by Han. The dense arrow rain of the army and soldiers caused heavy casualties, and they were smashed to death by the rolling stones and trees like hail and raindrops. They paid an extremely heavy price, but they still failed to shake the Han army's camp, let alone entered the camp. Go, annihilate the main force of the Han army to avenge Zhang Ao.

In the afternoon of the fierce battle, seeing that the generals of the Zhao army were always blocked by the Han army, Guan Gao vaguely realized that the situation was not good, and hurriedly persuaded Zhang Ao: "Young general, the Han bandit camp is too strong, and the defense is too strong. It is extremely tight, and it is meaningless to continue to attack, it is better to stop here."

"It's still early, let's attack again." Zhang Ao replied unwillingly.

"There is no need." Guan Gao continued to persuade, saying: "If we continue to fight, not only will our casualties be greater, but our soldiers will also be more exhausted. When the time comes to retreat, and the Han bandits send troops to fight back, it will be difficult for us to resist. Besides. Yes, when we withdraw our troops, we have to cross the long river to return to the camp..."

"Mr. Guan, what did you just say? Please say it again!"

Zhang Ao, who was still insisting on continuing the attack just now, suddenly turned around and asked in surprise, his expression suddenly became a little nervous, Guan Gao wondered, and said: "The old man just said that when we withdraw our troops, we have to cross the long river again..., Only then can we go back to..., to camp...."

When recounting this point, Guan Gao's tone suddenly became hesitant and hesitant, and his already wrinkled face began to turn pale, because Guan Gao suddenly thought of an important question, because there was no Han army to stop him, the self army would We have successfully crossed the Mianmanshui, but what should we do when we go back?When the time comes, the Han army will take the opportunity to send out troops and strike back. How will the Zhao army, who is crossing the river, parry?

"Mingjin! Mingjin immediately!" Zhang Ao howled like a pig, and yelled frantically: "Quick, withdraw all our troops?"

The clang clang clang clang of the golden gong sounded, and the generals and soldiers of the Zhao army, who were fighting hard under the base but could not advance an inch, seemed to hear the sound of nature, and hurriedly threw down the flying ladder and fled back to the main formation. Then, under Zhang Ao's command, they joined the battle before. The generals of the Zhao army had already run to the back of the formation and lined up, ready to retreat to the way they came.When Uncle Zhou saw it from a high place in the Han army camp, he immediately laughed out loud, and said with a smile: "I'm not so stupid, I finally found out what this general is up to. Unfortunately, it's too late. If you find out that Xia Yue has slipped away, you will retreat." , but there is hope that more than half of the army will be able to withdraw through the Mianmanshui, and it will be too late to retreat at this time."

After laughing, Uncle Zhou didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately ordered the [-] Han troops who had not participated in the battle before to assemble, carrying dry food, drinking water and torches, and waiting in line. Then Zhao Jun had just withdrawn five or six miles away, and Uncle Zhou immediately Order the generals of the Han army to beat the war drums, personally lead the troops out of the camp, assemble in front of the camp, and then immediately march eastward to launch a pursuit.

The situation was suddenly reversed. The exhausted Zhao army had just retreated to the vicinity of the ferry. Before they had time to board the pontoon bridge and retreat across the river, the [-] Han troops who had been preparing for a long time had already caught up and quickly formed a formation in the open area west of the ferry. , grimly waiting for Zhao Jun to make the next move.Zhang Ao, Guan Gao, Uncle Tian and the others were all panicked, knowing that once the retreat started and the morale of the army was shaken, the Han army would definitely take advantage of the momentum to launch a strong attack and severely damage their army crossing the river. They had no choice but to get together in a hurry to discuss how to deal with the current situation. dangerous situation.

"I can only take a gamble, fight back with all my strength, kill the Han bandits first, and then cross the river and return to the camp!"

This is also the only way for the Zhao army to preserve the main force. With no other choice, the Zhao army, which is also in formation, can only fly on both wings, relying on the current strength of its own army to take the initiative to attack, rushing to the two wings of the Han army, the Han army soldiers Under the command of Uncle Zhou, he stood firm and used his long shield to cover the bow and crossbow to hit Zhao Jun's soldiers head-on. During the war, he fought desperately with Zhao Jun, and fought with Zhao Jun's soldiers so that the sky was dark and the sky was dark.

At this time, the physical strength advantage of the Han army was also gradually revealed. Relying on the physical strength of resting in the camp, the soldiers of the Han army were all brave and strong, and fiercely brandished various weapons to kill the Zhao army. Fleeing with his head in his arms, he retreated again and again, repelling Zhao Jun's several strong attacks one after another.And even if the generals of the Zhao army did not participate in the battalion attack, their physical strength was inevitably affected because they stood in the sun for most of the day in the spring, and the offensive was far less violent than usual. , life and death can not shake the Han army's position.

To make matters worse, the more Zhao Jun fought, the more flustered he became, knowing that if the Han army could not be repelled, his own army would suffer a disastrous defeat, and his morale and confidence were severely lacking.The Han army was completely on the contrary. Everyone knew that as long as they could survive Zhao Jun's dying struggle and force Zhao Jun to cross the river, it would be as difficult as climbing the sky for the own army even if they didn't want to win a big victory. He was full of confidence, and naturally became more brave and fierce during the fight, without giving Zhao Jun the slightest chance to disrupt the ranks of his own troops.

As for the latitude problem, the sun has already started to set in the Jingxing area at the time of You. Seeing that there is not much time left for the self-armed army, Zhao Jun, who didn't even carry a torch, was inevitably panicked. At a loss, Zhang Ao gritted his teeth In a hurry, he simply urged the Chinese army to launch an attack as well, rushing to the Han army's position on three sides, jumping over the wall in a desperate fight with the Han army soldiers.

It was still at this time that the unhurried Uncle Zhou asked the Han army to use the original grenade to suppress Zhao Jun's last fight. After the original grenade exploded in the crowd of Zhao Jun one after another, the native Zhao army who had never seen gunpowder weapons was of course shocked. The screams continued, the panic was extreme, the morale plummeted to the bottom, and the front and the two wings were quickly retreated.Seeing that the time was ripe, Uncle Zhou didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately ordered the flag formation to beat the drums of the general attack, launching a full-scale counterattack, driving the defeated Zhao army into free vanguards, and in turn attacking Zhao's position.

At the critical moment, another hidden danger within the Zhao army also suddenly broke out. The soldiers of the Zhao army who had been dismissed on the spot by the Han army before were discriminated against and excluded because of their dissatisfaction. Many people just saw the Han army approaching and immediately shouted. They ran away, unwilling to continue to work for Zhang Ao, and the number was quite large, making it impossible for Zhao Jun's grassroots generals and supervisors to restrain them.Under their influence, the morale of Zhao Jun's officers and soldiers was even more demoralized. Countless people began to look around for escape routes, and some soldiers who were extremely timid simply fled to the pontoon bridge, rolling and crawling across the river to escape for their lives.

Under such circumstances, if the Han army still can't move Zhao Jun's formation, then all the Han army should ask Xiang Kang to invent tofu in advance and let them hit the tofu and commit suicide!With just one charge, the Han army smashed the two wings of Zhao Jun's position. Countless Zhao Jun soldiers ran for their lives and rushed to the pontoon bridge. Constantly trample on each other.

Zhao Jun's central army position barely lasted for a while, but when Uncle Zhou's only [-] heavy armored soldiers of the Han Army rushed into the enemy's formation, rampaging through the crowd of Zhao Jun like humanoid tanks, it immediately became overwhelming. The last straw that broke the camel's back was that the countless soldiers of Zhao Jun who were so panicked screamed that the monster was coming, threw down their weapons and flags and fled in embarrassment.

I must also praise the courage of General Zhang Ao. Even though the defeat has been forged, Zhang Ao is still working hard to restrain his soldiers and try to organize a team in the rear. Hearing his orders again, they fled faster and faster one by one, Guan Gao quickly grabbed Zhang Ao, and shouted with red eyes: "Young General, it's useless, run!"

After a long sigh, Zhang Ao had no choice but to turn around and leave with his soldiers, and rushed towards the pontoon bridge ferry that was already full of people's heads with a dark face. Slash and kill the defeated soldiers who block the way.At the same time, in order to be able to escape on the bridge, the soldiers of the Zhao army had already started killing each other. In order to snatch a position where they could go on the bridge, they did not hesitate to fight for their lives with their siblings. The fiercer and fiercer, the soldiers of the Zhao army were killed and injured continuously because of this, and countless fell into the river.

Unable to withstand the trampling of the crowd, coupled with the destruction of the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army, Zhao Jun's pontoon bridges collapsed into the water one after another. He rushed directly into the river and swam for his life. In the long water, there were even more people with heads like ants. Zhao Jun soldiers struggling and calling for help could be seen everywhere, and then there were layers of corpses.

The matter was not over yet, when it was getting dark, the soldiers of the Han army who lit the torches stepped on the dead bodies of the soldiers of the Zhao army and continued to chase them across the river. As a result, the five thousand Zhao troops who had been under Jingxing City rushed to the back of the palace to meet them. However, the Han army in the village took advantage of the momentum to attack. Under the pincer attack, they quickly defeated the Zhao army on the east bank. Zhao Jun was defeated and directly entered Zhao Jun's camp. The front and rear troops of Zhao Jun were defeated together. They could only voluntarily abandon the camp and fled into the mountain road crying and shouting. There were countless dead and countless descendants.

In this battle, at a cost of less than 8000 casualties, the Han army beheaded more than 8000 Zhao soldiers and captured more than 5000 prisoners. The Zhao army fell into the water and the dead could not be counted. Fleeing into the mountain road and falling into the mountain stream, the dead are also uncountable. There were more than [-] Zhao troops, and in the end only more than [-] people escaped from the mountain by chance.What made Zhao's defeated troops even more terrified and terrified was that their coach Zhang Ao was still missing on the battlefield. die?
In fact, Zhang Ao is not dead. At dusk, when the soldiers of the Han army were still cleaning the battlefield, under the supervision of a group of soldiers of the Han army, several soldiers of the Zhao army suddenly dragged a young general of the Zhao army wearing bronze armor. When he came in front of Uncle Zhou, he happily saluted Uncle Zhou and shouted impatiently: "General, we have captured Zhang Ao for you. This is Zhang Ao, the son of the thief Zhang Er."

After looking at Zhang Ao, whose face was covered with blood and eyes full of resentment, and carefully looking at Zhang Ao's seal ribbon presented by Zhao Jun's soldiers with both hands, after confirming that this unlucky guy is indeed Zhang Er's precious son Zhang Ao, Uncle Zhou asked those Zhao soldiers The army surrendered with a smile: "It's hard work, go down and rest, and get ready to receive a big reward."

"General, how much reward is there?" A Zhao soldier said timidly: "Last time, when you dismissed us, you said that you will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold if you capture the hundred commanders of Zhao's bandit army. Qianjin, this is the son of Zhao Guo's traitor Zhang Er, reward...?"

"A reward of ten thousand gold!" Uncle Zhou answered smoothly, then asked with a smile, "Are you satisfied?"

The Zhao soldiers were not only satisfied, but jumped up excitedly, hugged each other tightly, and shouted loudly: "We've made a fortune! We've made a fortune—!"

(End of this chapter)