After all, the Lei family in Lujiang is not the kind of general with a heritage. Lei Yuan's method of using troops is more refined from repeated battles that are walking on thin ice. He often learns military techniques every day, but he often has a lot of tricks.
So he remembered wrongly that the saying "The military is unpredictable and courageous, and also impermanent and cowardly" does not come from military tactics, but from "Lüshi Chunqiu". The full text is: "The people are unpredictable and courageous, and they are also impermanent. If there is energy, they are solid, and they are brave; if there is no energy, they are weak, and they are cowardly. The reason for cowardice, courage, and the real are small, and they must be known."
The meaning of this passage is that people's courage is the most difficult to grasp. Emotional and mentality often varies from time to time and place, and the battle situation changes rapidly. The two completely opposite psychological reactions of courage and cowardice will be repeatedly reversed due to certain factors on the battlefield.
At this time, Zhang He, the right general who was guarding Fancheng, had the most profound experience of this.
Zhang He's headquarters was originally roughly arranged along the Han River coast to the west of Fancheng, and then connected to the thousands of mountains to the west of Xiangyang City through a huge floating bridge and floating city.
This is also considered Zhang He's old job. When he was under Yuan Shao, he was known for his good formation and good use of terrain. Therefore, in the Jiangling War, he was responsible for building and guarding the floating bridge on the river.
The Jiangling Battle was defeated by Cao's army and Cao Ren, the general of the Southern Expedition, died in battle. Zhang He's floating bridge was broken by the Jingzhou navy with a huge boat, causing him and his ten thousand people to be trapped in the sandbank in the heart of the river and became prisoners. Later, thanks to Cao's concern for Xiahou Dun, who was also imprisoned, he drove thousands of people from Jingzhou to go south and exchanged for Xiahou Dun and Zhang He's troops.
This time, when building a floating bridge on the Han River, Zhang He learned his lesson and built the floating bridge much more firmer and more solid than the last time, and arranged a lot of equipment specifically used to fight against the navy ships. As a result, it was not the Jingzhou naval army, but the flood.
The subordinates that Zhang He had gathered over the years were washed away by the flood and almost all turned into fish and turtles. He was lucky enough to escape from the high ground by the water, but when he ran to Fancheng to join the remaining troops, the city was soaked in the water, and everyone was soaked in the water, and everyone had already collapsed.
At this time, I heard that the various units of the Jiaozhou Army were as angry as the waves, attacking the Cao army camp around Lumen Mountain from several directions at the same time. If the Jiaozhou Army ignored Lumen Mountain and rushed straight to Fancheng in one breath, could Zhang He defend it? He was really not sure.
During those days, Zhang He's subordinates were also in panic. No matter how hard Zhang He tried to encourage him, he would eventually live a more torment than he did.
However, three or five days later, the situation suddenly reversed. The King of Wei was prepared for everything. As soon as the heavy rain stopped, the water retreated slightly. Tens of thousands of reinforcements rushed down from the Han River and the Jing River, defeating the Jingzhou army along the way, and taking straight to Xiangfan!
As a result, the defenders of Fancheng were ecstatic when they were desperate. Many soldiers ran and cheered at the top of the city, waved military flags and echoed Xiangyang opposite the Han River, and even beat the war drums day and night to demonstrate to the Jingzhou army on the other side.
At this time, Zhang He was a calmer person. He couldn't help but think, if the King of Wei had been prepared, why didn't he remind the soldiers in advance? The loss of tens of thousands of people wouldn't have the King of Wei care?
Although he was suspicious, he was also happy after all, so he tried his best to reorganize the defenders of Fancheng and contact Dengsai's defenders, preparing to welcome the headquarters of the King of Wei to the south.
However, around the afternoon this afternoon, everyone in Fancheng was in horror again.
The sky was shining and the clouds were gathering, but Zhang He could still see the thick smoke rising from time to time in Xiangyang City opposite the Han River, and see soldiers like ants fighting each other on the top of the city, and the flag representing Cao's army was knocked down one by one. The roars and shouts of killing in the city mixed with the waves of the Han River, faintly coming, either mourning, horror, high-pitched, or excited, one after another, making him suddenly feel a little dizzy.
What happened to Le Jin and Man Chong? They lost Xiangyang City!
Xiangyang and Fancheng are one. Xiangyang has lost something, what should Fancheng do?
Zhang He looked at the soldiers on the city, all of whom looked like earth. He kept saying, "Don't panic, keep calm!"
But how could he be stable for a moment? In the corridor of the city beneath him, some soldiers even wanted to escape in panic. After being intercepted by the officers, they fought without reason and finally beheaded by the military law team that arrived.
After finally stabilizing the morale of the army in the city, Zhang He urgently sent an envoy to the north and rushed to the north. At the same time, he ordered his subordinates to cheer up and rectify the city guards just in case.
The "in case" he was guarding for became true that day. The noise in Xiangyang City had not come to an end. Dozens and nearly 100 military ships spread out a front that was at least four or five miles wide, galloping out from somewhere downstream of the Han River and crossing north!
How could the Jingzhou army still have the strength? Where did they get so bold? The Jingzhou army had only more than 30,000 people in total, and they were only able to capture Xiangyang and attack Fancheng? Their appetite was too big. Aren’t they afraid of eating too much and choking their throats?
Zhang He blinked in disbelief and looked at it calmly. Although these military ships were against the current, they got the advantage of oars and oars and came very quickly. The ship was full of swords and guns, and they were full of soldiers, breaking through the waves and bravely coming towards Fancheng!
Zhang He sent envoys one after another.
This time, the envoys sent not only went north to Xinye, but also sent people to Lumen Mountain. Since the Jingzhou army reached Fancheng, what is the point of Cao Xiu stationing in Lumen Mountain? Is it better to fish on the mountain? It is better to join forces to defend Fancheng to the death!
As soon as several envoys left, when Zhang He turned back to the city, the Jingzhou military ships were approaching Fancheng more and more.
Zhang He gritted his teeth and subconsciously reached out to support the wall. He began to hear the loud trumpets of the boatmen on the boat, the sound of hundreds of oars slapping the water one after another, the sound of the sails shaking, and then he heard the soldiers on the boat start to get up and complete the team, and the armor on their bodies made a clanging sound!
The fleet was getting closer and closer to the shore, and even when it was at a distance where the boats should be sailed, the ships still did not slow down.
Fancheng is close to the Han River, and the city is long from east to west and narrow from north to south. There are multiple continuous docks along the south side of the city, as well as mudflats and rocky beaches formed by the Han River over the years. At this time, the military ships in Jingzhou turned direction and rushed towards a river beach between Fancheng and Dengsai, and rushed over very quickly.
The main base of the Jingzhou Navy is Jiangjin Port in Jiangling. The water surface around Jiangjin is strong, so it is mostly made of ships with wide and flat hulls and square bows. These ships that rushed to the beach quickly belong to this category.
They have very shallow water, and the bottom of the boat is wide and straight. When they rushed to the beach, the wood on the bottom of the boat collided with gravel and sand, making strange sounds that made them itchy. But the location where they finally stopped was almost within reach of the natural embankment north of the Han River.
There were about 30 military ships on the first batch of beaches. Based on the more than 30 people on each ship, there were only more than 1,000 Jingzhou troops landed in total. On the battlefield where the army of Cao and Liu were confronting each other, this was not a big deal. At least, it was not enough to directly attack Fancheng.
But Zhang He's eyes kept twitching, and he had a strong premonition that he felt that the Jingzhou army would definitely have a great threat.
At this time, the subsequent military ships leaned over one after another, and teams of swords, shields, spears, and crossbowmen stepped across the boats that rushed to the beach, then jumped into the water at the edge of the river beach, and trekked onto the shore with splashes.
A brave general beside Zhang He suggested at this time: "General! Let's start the elite cavalry team and rush to them!"
Zhang He nodded, then held the wall with both hands and shook his head slightly.
Just where Zhang He saw, a magnificent red-faced general was stepping on a military ship.
The sludge on the river beach and the water surface are about the position of the ordinary people's thighs. It is a bit difficult to use the force of the waist and abdomen when trekking. But the general is extremely tall, so the water surface only covers his calves. He strode with the water and steps forward calmly. Wherever he goes, the soldiers of Jingzhou are all cheering and thundering.
When the general stepped onto the embankment, five hundred men were wearing leather armor, holding shoulder-length heavy shields, and long swords and swords hanging from their waists gathered behind him into two rows of horizontal lines.
The two wings of the horizontal team first extended outwards and then wrapped inwards, protecting the entire beach head. After everyone was in place, they heard a command, and five hundred people were at the same time with a large shield, causing the iron cone at the bottom of the shield to penetrate deep into the soil, forming a shield city that was enough to withstand the impact of cavalry.
Amid the roar of five hundred large shields hitting the ground, the general stroked his long beard under his jaw and raised his eyes to stare at Fancheng.
He was not looking at anyone, but everyone on the city wall felt that there was a sharp light like a blade flashing in this person's eyes, making people want to hide their eyes and avoid them.
Zhang He took a step back, then stabilized his body, turned around and saw that the general, who was known for his courage, had already turned pale.
He asked, "Have you left the messenger who went to Xinye for emergency?"
"General, they have left. Follow your instructions, one man and three horses will be expedited, and eight hundred miles."
Chapter completed!