The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 95

Two thousand steps away from the gate of Zhang Yanzhai, there are two trenches that are two miles long and separated by hundreds of feet. Each trench is two feet wide and one foot deep. , you can run a horse on the gap, leading to the other end of the trench.Behind the outer perimeter of the trench, there are three three-foot-high wooden archery towers, each of which is surrounded by bags of sand and mud that can reach people's height.Under the cover of sand and mud bags, Montenegrin soldiers took turns guarding day and night.In addition, trebuchets were also deployed, which became a strong point of defense.There are also two archery towers, located at both ends of the trench, surrounded by circular trenches, and the exit is set in the south, connected with the gate of the village.

Wen Chou, Zhu Ling, Yuan Yin, Hu Che'er, and Pei Yuanshao came out of the village and lined up a thousand paces away.Wen Chou is in the middle, and the rest of the people stand on the two wings.

Wen Chou looked at the enemy's formation and sneered, "This swallow is not simple. The generals obey the order. We are not in a hurry to rob the stronghold and kill the enemy today. We use the tactics of exhausting the soldiers and disrupting the formation. Filling the trenches is the first priority." Step by step, and then fight steadily, smash the counterattack, and hold the first trench that was filled.

Behind the generals, 1 soldiers lined up on the open ground.Wen Chou divided his army into four teams.Order four generals to lead a team each.Each team has one thousand spearmen, one thousand archers, and five hundred cavalry.All that was left was his own bodyguard.

Under the red sun in the west, there were frequent activities in the enemy's village, cavalry and infantry patrolled in turn, the general's sword was unsheathed, and the soldiers' bows were drawn.The atmosphere was extremely tense, and the war was imminent.Wen Chou said again: "Damn it, after filling the first trench, we will also follow the example of these bastards and use sand and mud bags as cover to form an formation to fight against the enemy. As long as we can defend the first and second trenches The enemy must be exhausted and press all their troops up to snatch the passage between the two. In that way, Zhou Cang and Chang Xi's activities will be much easier."

Zhu Ling suddenly said beside him, "General, there are dense forests and hills to our left. The enemy can't trek, so there should be no need to worry. But the right side is flat. Zhang Yan may take advantage of our opportunity to seize the trenches from the right. Come over from the trenches and attack our rear team, in order to let us face the enemy. Our army can set up an ambush with thousands of cavalry in the dense forest on the right wing and the rear team. Use the right wing cavalry to block the attackers, and the rear team ambushes to attack the middle and fill the trenches Soldiers, on the other hand, can charge and kill with all their strength without any worries, this should be a surefire strategy."

Wen Chou claims to be kind, and Zhu Lingzhen is also a general.Immediately ordered his Black Dragon Cavalry Captains Zhao Rui and Jia Tong to lead [-] soldiers each to ambush, while his own central army only had [-] soldiers to protect them.The generals promised, their morale was high, and the gloomy atmosphere after the self-injury was swept away. Everyone suffocated and wanted to chop off Zhang Yan's head.Wen Chou also announced a reward and punishment system-those who kill Zhang Yan will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and ten thousand households will be sealed.Cut off an arm, reward a hundred gold, seal a thousand households! !
After nightfall, Zhu Lingbu, who formed an army in the north, was the first to launch an attack.A thousand shield spearmen rushed out first, and under the leadership of Zhu Ling, they formed an offensive and defensive phalanx and moved forward.This kind of phalanx is mainly defensive. The high shield can block the rain of arrows, and the spear can pierce the fast cavalry attack.The biggest use is to provide cover for the shooter, and exert a powerful lethality on the battlefield. Advance can attack the enemy and break the formation, and retreat can form a defensive formation.Wen Chou deliberately arranged this way.I just want to use the smallest loss in exchange for the biggest victory.

The horn sounded in the enemy's village, and Zhang Yanjun and four generals rushed out to quickly reinforce the arrow towers and positions along the trench.The army on the left is Qingniujiao and Huanglong, and the army on the right is Guo Daxian and Li Damu.Zhang Yan stood in the middle of the army and looked over here.Seeing Wen Chou, he yelled loudly, "Wen Chou, Yuan Xi is about to die. If you don't dismount and accept surrender, you are still fighting trapped beasts. Why bother?"

Wen Chou knew that he was influencing the morale of the army, and thought to himself, you are wasting your efforts in vain, the second son had already expected you to have such a skill, and had already patrolled the barracks on horseback.At this moment, Yuan Jun's morale is like a rainbow, reaching the peak, he is gnashing his teeth and wants to kill you, and he will not be affected by your words at all.Among the enemy's three armies, the Chinese army led by Zhang Yan was the strongest, reaching 6000 people.The left and right armies each have 6000 people, plus the soldiers guarding the five arrow towers and trenches, the total strength is between [-] and [-].

After Zhu Ling's troops moved forward, Pei Yuanshao and Yuan Yin's right-wing army followed closely.The left and right wings, like giant claws of crabs stretched out at the same time, coerced Zhang Yan to fight back.Wen Chou heard a rumble behind him, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.Hao Zhaotima came up from behind, cupped his hands and said, "General, the ten firing chariots have been improved and have already moved to the front line. The shooting range has doubled compared to before, and it is enough to hit the two nearest archery towers."

Wen Chou laughed and thought, Zhang Yan, I don't think you will die.Said; "Tell your men to immediately use the launch vehicle to destroy the two arrow towers next to the first heavy trench to cover the infantry raid. Then transport the sand and mud bags to the trench crosswalk and set up a sand and mud bag fortification position that can block the enemy. Even if you A great achievement." Hao Zhao led the order and gave an order at the back, ten super stone-carrying carts, and suddenly the boulders rained down on the two solid archery towers closest to our army.The soldiers on the three-foot watchtower saw a mass of black stones fly to a foot below the watchtower, breaking the connecting purlins and wooden posts one by one.They were so shocked that they wobbled from side to side and couldn't stand stably, and they couldn't aim their arrows.The power is about to catch up with modern cannons.

With an order, the horn sounded again.Zhang Yan's main force began to move, advancing towards the second trench to support the two watchtowers along the line.However, he has no way to deal with our army's 'air attack' and can only watch helplessly as the crossbars on the watchtower are broken one by one, becoming precarious and may collapse at any time.

Zhu Ling, Yuan Yin, and Pei Yuanshao's army had already advanced a thousand steps and approached the trenches. The sound of killing suddenly shook the sky. The soldiers desperately charged against the dense arrows shot from the crumbling arrow tower.The fighting was extremely fierce.

After more than two hours of fighting, the Black Mountain Army and our army were still at a stalemate, and both sides suffered casualties.As expected by Zhu Ling, Zhang Yan sent Guo Daxian and Li Damu to attack the rear of our army along the trench from the right flank, but they were ambushed by Jia Tong and Zhao Rui, and they were beaten up and down. The army returned with less than one thousand left.

Under the cover of the shield soldiers, the archers began to fill in the trenches, and filled the first trench with countless casualties.Then cross the trench and attack the Arrow Tower Black Mountain Army on both sides of the trench.The left-wing army led by Huanglong and Qingniujiao all approached to the south edge of the second trench, and used infantry to cooperate with the rain of arrows on the arrow tower to harvest the lives of our soldiers.Forcibly denying our army from the second trench made it impossible for our army to advance forward or fill the second trench.However, they also suffered losses. Huang Long was beheaded by Yuan Yin, and the opponent lost another general.Seeing Huanglong's death, Zhang Yan swung his central army to cover up the kill, and attacked Zhu Ling and Yuan Yin from the left side from the passage of the second trench.The two couldn't stand the attack of the new force, and immediately showed defeat.

Zhang Yan defeated Zhu Ling and Yuan Yin's troops, but one of the two archery towers was also destroyed by a stone cart at this time.The arrows cover the sky and the sun, and there are comings and goings, and our army's losses are not small. First of all, the infantry of Zhu Ling and Yuan Yin suffered heavy setbacks and were forced to retreat from the second trench to the first one after another. and the second channel.Furthermore, Hao Zhao's trebuchet troops were the ones who suffered. Although they destroyed an archery tower and made great contributions to the entire battle, because Hao Zhao ordered an approaching attack when throwing stones, they were pierced by arrows shot from the archery tower. Hundreds of soldiers died.Although the arrow tower was destroyed, the enemy's attack of sand and mud bags under the arrow tower still played a powerful blocking role.The soldiers hiding behind the sandbags had almost no casualties except for being crushed to death by boulders falling from above, posing a considerable threat to our army.At this time, our army's sandbag fortifications have also been completed in full swing. Wen Chou sent an order to the Third Route Army, which charged first, to retreat to the front of the filled first trench, and confront Zhang Yanjun through the sandbag fortifications. Save shot.to reduce casualties.When Zhang Yanjun, who was attacking the first trench, was suppressed by dense arrows and retreated.Wen Chou saw that the opportunity was not lost, and with an order, Hu Che'er, who had already been serving by his side, led his army out.

Hu Che'er took the lead, urging his mount like a whirlwind, crossed the first leveled trench, and rushed to the passage where the two trenches joined.Zhang Yanjun, who was retreating, did not expect his speed to be so fast. He could only turn around and shoot an arrow before being overtaken.With the big sword everywhere, the enemy soldiers turned their backs on their backs, and the situation suddenly became chaotic.The chaos spread like a wave, instantly affecting the entire Zhang Yan army who retreated from the passage, even Zhang Yan himself was affected, and the chaos almost fell off his horse.The infantry and cavalry behind Hu Che'er swarmed to kill, and the enemy was shot to death and fell into the trench.

Wen Chou saw that he had seized the opportunity from behind, laughed in his heart, and immediately led the five hundred elite cavalry behind him to launch a new round of attack.He wanted to suppress Zhang Yanjun, who had a superior force, as much as possible, so as not to let them relax.

Zhang Yan has experienced many battles and is no ordinary idiot.He retreated steadily, immediately held his ground, and ordered Huanglong and Qingniujiao, who had just returned from the defeat, to lead [-] cavalry each to meet Wen Chou's cavalry coming from the passage.In this case, only the cavalry can suppress the cavalry.But he himself calmly analyzed the situation.Instead of desperately counter-charging, he led [-] troops and waited for work with leisure, waiting in full force on the left side of the second trench. If Wen Chou dared to go deep with [-] cavalry alone, he would immediately give Wen Chou a devastating head-on blow.

With the sound of hoofbeats and the sound of killing, Wen Chou's surprise attack pushed the battle to its peak.The moment he rode quickly through the passage, his mind turned and he guessed the enemy's strategy.If he is desperate to attack Zhang Yan's main cavalry regiment, which is much stronger than him.Once the back road is cut off by Huanglong and Qingniujiao on the left and right flanks.Then it will immediately become a lone army, with life and death, and I am afraid that no one can withdraw from the passage.

Wen Chou reined in his horse, turned his head immediately, and shouted loudly, "Go back, go back." Leaping his horse first, he returned to the first trench.Zhang Yan, who was staring at him on the ground, let alone the regret in his heart.At the same time, he secretly praised; "Wen Chou is really a rare general in the world. He is still so calm in battle. It is rare, rare."

Wen Chou and five hundred cavalrymen fought a bloody road and returned to the passage, just in time to meet Qingniujiao and Huanglong.The two fierce generals had bad ideas, and before they could make a move, Wen Chou quickly stabbed one of them to death—Huang Long.Qingniujiao's lips were dead and his teeth were cold. Seeing that Huanglong was dead, he didn't dare to fight, and fled in embarrassment. This is the second time he has escaped today.Zhang Yan, who was standing in the distance, almost died of anger.Wen Chou led his troops back to the first trench, and saw the second watchtower collapse with a burst of creaking, twisting and crackling sounds.Immediately ordered not to attack, and shot arrows behind the sandbag fortification, dragging Zhang Yanjun to death.

At this time, it had been four hours since the start of the battle, and Zhou Cang's first excavation team had already set off to the riverside of Taishi River.

It was evening, and a thousand torches were lit, illuminating half of the sky.Zhou Cang gave an order to "dig" 200 soldiers holding shovels immediately dismounted and started digging.Work in full swing.The other 5000 people galloped left and right to look out for guards to ensure safety.Zhou Cang looked at the vast and overflowing Taishi River, and thought of the ditches in Zhang Yan's camp, and wanted to laugh, thinking that this time he was going to become a loach.A thousand soldiers dug for nearly an hour before Zhang Yan received the news.Immediately ordered [-] troops from his central army to attack Zhoucang.Qing Niujiao led the team again, wondering if he would come back in a panic this time.

Zhou Cang put down the torch, shirtless, and wielding his shovel, one shovel after another, he dug up the soil and threw it beside the river which was already three or four feet long.Suddenly, there was a faint fire in the distance and the sound of hooves. He knew that the enemy soldiers were coming.Immediately order everyone to get on their horses - run.

Zhou Cang didn't fight against Qing Niujiao at all, and ran away with others. Qing Niujiao was in a very depressed mood at the moment, and he didn't bother to make contributions. Seeing him run away, he didn't chase him. He took people back and reported to Zhang Yan.Zhang Yan originally thought in his heart that he would deal with him after the soldiers were collected, but seeing that this matter was handled well, he thought to himself, I will spare you this time.

Wen Chou saw Zhang Yan mobilizing the army, and knew that Zhou Cang had done it.Seeing that Qing Niujiao led the soldiers away, he immediately ordered to charge and slash for a while.When Qingniujiao came back, they immediately called back their troops and continued to stick to the archery in the sandbag fortification.Zhang Yan almost vomited blood angrily.What made him vomit blood was still behind.

Zhou Cang had just returned to the village, and it was like a relay race. When Chang Xi saw him, he had already rushed out of the gate of the village and headed towards Taishihe.When Chang Xi reached the river, he followed the five-foot-long channel dug by Zhou Cang, and expanded it by three feet. The turbulent river water splashed into the ditch.There was another burst of horseshoe dust in the distance.Like Zhou Cang, he got on the horse and walked away.Qingniujiao didn't dare to leave this time. He was ordered by Zhang Yan to wait here and guard against death.In this way, the pressure on Wen Chou's side will be lightened.He sent four groups of troops to attack in turn, making sure that Zhang Yan had no chance to breathe.

The battle continued until dawn.On the surface, no one has taken advantage of anything.But in fact, Zhang Yan has already suffered a hidden loss, but he doesn't know it yet.In the early morning, Zhang Yan heard someone report that someone was found digging embankments along the Jian River.Zhang Yan gritted his teeth with hatred, and immediately divided another 5000 people out.Yuan Jun who was digging the ground ran away again when he saw Zhang Yanjun killed him.

(End of this chapter)