The Taishan Army pursued along the north bank of the Daling River, while the Wuhuan people sent troops from both north and south banks of the Daling River at the same time.
After Zhang Chong saw the mobilization of the Wuhuan people, he immediately realized that once they counterattacked with the Wuhuan people on the north bank, the Wuhuan people on the south bank could easily penetrate behind them and cross the river, thus forming a double-team on him.
momentum.
Seeing this, Zhang Chong immediately made arrangements and ordered Xi Shen's Flying Leopard Army, with thousands of men, to cross the river to the south and intercept Wuhuan on the south bank.
The Daling River is in the dry season at this time, and some sections are even drying up.
But even so, because the Taishan Army had not surveyed this waterway before, Xi Shen took a great risk in crossing the river.
What's more serious is that once Xi Shen's troops cross the river, they will be really far away from the Chinese army, and no one knows what the situation is on the south bank.
In other words, Xi Shen is a pawn crossing the river, advancing but never retreating.
When Xi Shen received this military order, he was still hesitating. Huang Xu, one of his four generals, was embarrassed:
"Colonel Lieutenant, your Majesty's fate is very strange. Now we are on the verge of war, and we have to cross the river to go south. After all this trouble, not to mention the dangerous water conditions, even if the Wuhuan people attack us halfway across the river, our Flying Leopard Army will not die.
I also need to peel off my skin.”
Xi Shen looked at the Wuhuan people on the opposite south bank from a distance, and when he saw that they did not come forward, they just stopped at a distance, and he had a suspicion in his heart.
But he still asked another general around him, Wu Xian, who was also a fourth general:
"Old Wu, tell me, how do you fight this?"
Wu Xian was from Juancheng. He had followed Xi Shen since he was in charge of Heji, and he had the deepest grasp of Xi Shen's thoughts.
He lowered his head and thought for a moment before responding:
"The king asked us to cross the river, naturally considering the overall situation. Now because of the obstruction of the river, the Wuhuan people on the opposite side took advantage of their numerical advantage to set up battles on both the north and south banks. This is like the two claws of a crab. If the south bank is ignored,
If we don’t have that soldier, then these pincers will come to poke our butts. That’s why the king allowed us to cross the river.”
It was still Huang Xu, who muttered in a low voice:
"Then why did my troops go south? Why didn't Le Jin's cavalry army go?"
The sound was very small, and only the three people present could hear it.
But the two people, including Xi Shen, neither agreed nor scolded, but this itself also shows their attitude.
In fact, Xi Shen has special characteristics in the Taishan Army.
First of all, he joined the Taishan Army in his early years. At that time, before Zhang Chong and others went east to Mount Tai, Xi Shen and a group of evil teenagers joined them.
As the Taishan Army developed and grew, those evil boys in the past quickly took up important positions. Although many evil boys later gradually moved away from Xi Shen, there were still a large number of people who still surrounded Xi Shen.
A certain hilltop is formed.
For example, he now has four major generals, namely Huang Xu, Wu Xian, Qiu Gong, and Li Hui.
These people rely on Xi Shen's side urgently, and they are both prosperous and devastated.
In addition, Xi Shen was also the only military commander in the Taishan army besides Guan Yu who could take charge of the local area. Previously, Zhang Chong was not allowed to let Xi Shen take charge of Heji because of Dong Fang's conservative administration.
Although Zhang Chong later transferred Xi Shen to the cavalry army, Xi Shen's influence still penetrated into the local and political circles. He promoted many smart and capable field officials in the Heji area, and these people later grew up
He is the backbone of Taishan's military and political system.
In addition to these two reasons, his relationship with his chief disciple Duman is also quite ambiguous.
This allowed Xi Shen Yue to gradually form a hilltop of his own. Although this hilltop was still very small and only within the scope of the Flying Leopard Army, it was still a bad sign.
And at this time, Huang Xu's speech just now is exactly what this mountain means to protect its own interests.
Xi Shen touched his beard and narrowed his eyes slightly. He had already seen that Fei Jun, who came to report the news from the opposite side, was a little restless. Only then did he speak:
"You report to the king for me, saying that I, Xi Shen, will definitely complete the task of crossing the river to stop the enemy."
With this reply, the flying army breathed a visible sigh of relief, and then galloped back.
After seeing Fei Jun carrying the flag and leaving, Huang Xu wanted to speak again, but Xi Shen stopped him. He only had one sentence:
"Our army will win this battle!"
After saying that, he took the lead in crossing the river to the south bank with the big military flag and trumpet horn.
Under such circumstances, Huang Xu, who was born as a bad boy, could only sigh and caught up with Xi Shen. He could only sigh in his heart at the military leader's confusion.
Our whole army only has the wealth of a thousand men, so we risk it just because of the king's words? It's really not worth it!
No one knows whether this unconventional thought is just Huang Xu's idea or whether it represents Xi Shen's intention.
When Xi Shen led his army to the north bank of the Daling River, he said to several cavalry officers on the side:
"Because our army is crossing the river, someone must lead the team to cross the river first, and can hold the front beach position for the entire army, so as to cover the brothers behind to cross the river. This task is very important, which of you can take on it?"
At this moment, the dozen or so cavalry officers present fell silent.
These people are all intermediate and advanced cavalrymen above the rank of captain, and they know very well that this is not only important, but also very dangerous.
Originally, the team that crossed the river first had to find a safe passage for the entire army to cross the river, which was already very dangerous.
And then you have to defend the front beach position while getting wet?
The subtext of this statement is that the knights who are the first to cross the river must wear armor to cross the river, otherwise they will not have time to wear them when they reach the other side.
You must know that defending the beach position is different from attacking!
In cavalry combat, they can move back and forth, and if they fail, they can turn in the opposite direction. But to defend their position, they have to dismount and form a formation. Without armor, how can they stop the cavalry charge?
So despite what Xi Shen said in an understatement, everyone present knew that the person who took on this task would have a narrow escape from death.
Xi Shen was a little annoyed when no one spoke for a long time. He was usually very kind to these cavalry generals, but now he assigned a task and no one took it?
Just when Xi Shen was about to directly appoint a general, Wu Xian next to him took over.
Wu Xian clasped his fists and said loudly:
"Captain Lieutenant, I am willing to lead my team to take on this task. I am from Juancheng myself. I was born by the water since I was a child. Most of the knights in our team are from Heji. They have good water properties. Even if they really fall into the water, there will be no danger.
Chance of survival.”
In fact, Xi Shen knew that what Wu Xian said was all nonsense.
No matter how good you are in water, you can still survive after falling into the water even if you are wearing iron armor?
But Xi Shen is not Zhang Chong, nor Zhang Dan, Guan Yu, or Ding Sheng. He is a result-oriented person.
Even though he was reluctant to take risks, he knew that he could only let Wu Xian go at this time.
After all, if you don't choose someone who has volunteered for military service, and insist on naming him, the army will think it's unfair for him to ridicule Shen.
Although he didn't know why Wu Xian was rushing to do this, Xi Shen still nodded:
"Okay, you will lead the team as the pioneer. I can't give you any other promises. That is what the king has to do. I only tell you that after your team crosses the bank, I will lead the team across the river next!"
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Wu Xian glanced at Xi Shen complicatedly and nodded vigorously.
After that, he took the fifty cavalry of his own team and took the lead in crossing the river, and he was the first.
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Before Zhang Chongchuan, he had watched a drama in which there was a very testing game called Glass Bridge of Death.
Every piece of glass you step on may lead you to fall into the abyss.
This kind of uncertain death is more cruel than real death.
And now Wu Xian's behavior of leading the team across the river is essentially like this.
But there are two pieces of good news.
The first is that Wu Xian's team is so united that they are even willing to sacrifice their lives for Paoze. The second is that they have horses and ropes in their hands.
Before crossing the river, Wu Xian told the brothers that the horse string in their hands was used to measure the water level, and once they could cross, they would tie the horse string in place to mark the water level.
Then the people walking in front carried hemp ropes, and then the people behind tied the ropes to the horses, so that after the whole team crossed the river, they could form a hemp rope chain, so that the brothers behind could follow this chain.
A piece of hemp rope to cross the river safely.
In this way, after doing what he could, Wu Xian took a hemp rope and prepared to take the lead in crossing the river.
But at this moment, a knight from his hometown, nicknamed "Skinny Monkey", suddenly jumped in front, held the hemp rope and began to ride his horse and jump into the water.
Wu Xian was stunned for a moment, and then he saw his subordinates behind him all starting to scramble for position and start riding across the river.
At this time, Wu Xian's tears finally broke down. He could only cry silently, then wrapped the hemp rope in his hand and walked at the end.
Because of the angle of view, Wu Xian couldn't even see the back of the thin monkey at the front. He could only follow the hemp rope safety line tied to the lower door in front and then wade across the river.
A moment later, when Wu Xian finally stepped on the beach on the south bank, he eagerly wanted to find that figure in the crowd, but he couldn't.
Wu Xian was a little out of breath, and his heart seemed to be clenched tightly.
He sat helplessly on a stone, staring blankly ahead.
There, countless Wuhuan people were gathering. It couldn't be said to be very neat, but the crowd was even terrifying.
The Wuhuan Tuqi have been fighting in all directions with the Han army for a long time, although the most elite and knowledgeable Tuqi have withered away with the defeat of the Zhenbei Army.
But the Wuhuan tribe soldiers in front of them still have flags, golden drums and horns.
Therefore, what Wu Xian saw at this moment was that the Wuhuan people on the opposite side were waving their flags and blaring their horns. From time to time, they could see troops being mobilized.
Suddenly, someone tapped Wu Xian on the shoulder. He looked up and saw that it was Colonel Xi Shen.
Xi Shen didn't say much. He had seen the scene when he just crossed the river. He didn't have any comfort. He just looked solemnly at the Wuhuan people opposite.
"These Wuhuan people are just waiting for us to cross the river and go south."
At this time Wu Xian said this.
Yes, Xi Shen also discovered this.
These Wuhuan people had no intention of attacking while they were crossing the river, but just watched quietly, in order to let the Taishan Army on the north bank divide half of its troops to go south.
Thinking of this, Xi Shen glanced at the apricot-yellow banner on the other side complicatedly, and said calmly: