After reporting the battle damage to Chen Chong, Yang Fu thought about the next step and lay awake all night. At dawn the next day, he put on his clothes and stood up, and saw the golden sun shining from the southeast, which was eye-catching. Weather
It is still sunny, and after days of exposure to the sun, the land will be harder, which is good news for the cavalry in the north.
Before they could have breakfast, the West Bank reported that reinforcements had arrived and had already crossed the pontoon bridge. Yang Fu hurried out of the camp to greet them, only to see a long cavalry winding up, with many energetic sergeants sitting on them.
The horse was carrying some items, which looked like they had been rationed overnight.
The general who led the army, Yang Fu, knew him as Yang Fu's cousin Jiang Xu. Although Liangzhou was extremely prosperous in martial arts, it also had many gentry who passed down poetry and calligraphy. Among them, the four surnames of Tianshui Jiang, Yan, Ren, and Zhao were the most famous.
Jiang Xu was the leader of the Jiang family, and he was as famous as Yang Fu and was called "Jiang Er Yang Fore". He made many achievements in supporting the Qiang in Jincheng. At this time, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel in Xiping, with more than 3,000 people under his command. Seeing the soldiers and horses brought by his cousin, and the friendly greeting he gave him, Yang Fu felt relieved a lot, and hurriedly welcomed him into the tent to talk in detail. Jiang Xu took off his leather hat and his water-stained leather boots.
, then he knocked his elbows and faced Yang Fu and said: "After you reported the news, Prime Minister Lian Liang called us to hold a military meeting at night. They all said that they thought you were just taking it easy to control the Shu people, but unexpectedly the enemy also had elephants, haha! So!
So I was sent here."
Yang Fu looked ashamed after hearing this, and was about to make a few remarks when he saw Jiang Xu wave his hand and continued to say to him: "The Prime Minister said that no one expected that the enemy would use elephants, so you don't have to blame yourself. And although the pontoon bridge is important,
, but it’s not a matter of life or death in the battle, so I haven’t equipped you with heavy troops. Now that we know they have elephants this time, many things will be easier to handle. There are many pine trees left on the west bank, and I brought them over. Elephants are afraid of fire.
, if you set a fire when they come again, who will see the chaos?"
After hearing this, Yang Fu felt a sense of warmth in his heart. The slanting sun shone in through the raised tent door, sweeping away the darkness inside the tent. Yang Fu couldn't help but feel satisfied. The weather is so sunny today, and people from Shu will definitely visit again.
Battle, this is a good opportunity for me to avenge my previous humiliation! Immediately introduce yesterday’s battle situation to Jiang Xu and discuss the formation strategy.
During the discussion, Li Jun, the commander of the army under Yang Fu, came to see him and reported that the scouts reported that there were indeed men and horses in the Shu camp and they were marching towards the pontoon. However, because Li Jun did not receive any meritorious service yesterday, he took the initiative today.
He asked to lead the battle. The soldiers wanted to fight, but Yang Fu couldn't ask for it, so he immediately agreed.
At midnight, the South Central Army of the Shu people entered the sandbank again. The Han army also responded in time, beating drums and marching out, lining up quietly in front of the camp. In contrast, the Shu army responded to yesterday's victory by making noisy demonstrations in front of the camp.
Extremely arrogant. The two sides rode one step at a time, one at a time, one was noisy, and the other was quiet. The contrast was very sharp. The Shu army's flags were like a forest, while most of the Han army's flags were put away. Only in the camp were there dozens of large flags with Chinese characters blowing in the wind.
Flying slowly.
Jiang Xu rode on horseback to observe the enemy's situation, pointed at the Shu army and said to everyone: "These are all people who have never gone through a large formation. How can they compare with our athletes? The tiger was as quiet as a virgin before it pounced on the food, and the frightened wild boar howled desperately!"
Everyone laughed and became more courageous
According to the prior plan, the Han army was not in a hurry to send out cavalry to attack, but gradually approached the Shu army like a dark cloud, and finally stopped two arrows away. The Shu people seemed to be inspired by their success in defeating the Han army yesterday.
Not only did they not stop making noise, but they also picked out dozens of heads with long bamboo poles and hung them high under the flag of the Shu army. These were obviously the heads of the Han soldiers who died in the battle yesterday. However, the Han army was not disturbed and still insisted on their formation.
Not moving.
Seeing that it was time to confess, the Shu people were the first to lose their composure. I heard a burst of shouting and noise from behind the Shu army, and several holes were opened in the front of the Shu army array. Then, four tall and powerful
The figure of a huge beast suddenly appeared in the Shu army formation. It was the majestic elephant yesterday. Behind the elephant, there were many cavalry.
However, although the Shu people had confidence in the elephant, since they failed to complete the construction yesterday, they obviously realized that the infantry alone could not destroy the Han army's east camp, so they simply let the infantry form their formation on the spot. It seems that the Shu people
They wanted to use the elephant to demonstrate and frighten away the approaching Han army. The mahout stabbed the elephant with spikes, and the elephant raised its trunk and roared. The four giant beasts walked side by side, several meters apart.
Ten steps, and we are approaching the Han army together.
As expected, the horses in the front row of the Han army began to get restless again when they saw the monster approaching. However, this time the Han army was prepared. When the elephants came out of the battle, the military commanders immediately called for the knights to dismount first to prevent the horses from being scattered.
. They covered the eyes of their mounts with cloth towels and tied the reins around their waists to prevent the horses from panicking and getting lost. After being prepared, the soldiers set up their bows and shot arrows at the four elephants in front of them. Arrows were flying at random, and the elephant was very anxious. It kept waving its trunk to block the arrows, and the sharp blade on its trunk made a clanking sound when it hit the arrow shaft. The skin of the giant beast was extremely thick, and it was difficult to hit it unless it hit the vital part.
Constituting harm. Seeing that the elephant became agitated, the mahout was afraid that it would lose control, so he shouted and cursed repeatedly, urging the elephant to speed up and run forward.
Seeing that the random arrows could not scare away the elephant, the Han army remained calm and took out the rockets and torches that had been prepared in advance from their horses. They lit them and shot them out immediately. The burning flames were filled with blue smoke. At the same time, the Han soldiers
The gong was struck, making a shrill and strange scream.
There were flames flying and gongs ringing in front again. This time the elephants finally couldn't bear it. One of them hissed one after another, which was an instinctive reaction in the face of fear. The mahout riding on its head felt
It was not good. I kept yelling at him, but I could no longer control this angry big guy. One elephant twisted its huge body, turned around and ran away first. The other elephant saw it and turned around and chased after it. This one was frightened.
The cavalry followed, and those who could not escape were immediately trampled to the ground.
Although the horses of the Shu people were used to seeing elephants, they were all panicked when faced with the elephants' frenzied collision. The frightened horses ran around, causing a chaos of people and horses turning on their backs. This in turn made it even more exciting.
The elephant made them mistakenly think that they were surrounded by enemies, so they ran even more crazily for the road. During the wild bumps along the way, the two mahouts riding on the back of the elephant fell one after another and died screaming.
In the chaos of wolves and pigs.
The two elephants at the front returned one after another, trampling and trampling them into the dense forest. People rushed to avoid them, leaving a mess on the ground. However, the two elephants at the end were not disturbed, but the mahout saw their companions end up like this.
, I felt hesitant for a moment, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.
Jiang Xu saw the hesitation of the elephant tamer from a distance, and smiled at Yang Fu: "The thief is so frightened!" After saying that, he immediately clapped his horse and came within an arrow's range of the elephant on the left, drew his bow and took a long sight, because Jiang Xu was dressed in lacquer.
The crimson carapace and stomach are very obvious in the army, so the elephant tamer saw his movements at a glance, and quickly leaned down on the elephant's back, intending to avoid Jiang Xu's cold arrow. Unexpectedly, Jiang Xu reacted to this
Seeing clearly, he just sneered in his heart, opened and closed his arms very quickly, and shot out an armor-piercing arrow in an instant, hitting the elephant's right eye.
The elephant tamer felt a huge force throwing him up, and then he saw the giant beast below him roaring to the sky due to severe pain. Both the Shu people and the Han soldiers felt their ears sore. But what was even more terrifying was
Just at the beginning, this elephant was aroused to unprecedented ferocity, and one of its eyes was blind. No matter where it was or where it was going, it rushed towards the Shu people's formation.
Zhen couldn't dodge at all, and was almost kicked one by one. Soon there were dozens of piles of non-human-shaped flesh on the ground.
This purgatory-like situation completely destroyed the morale of the Shu army. The remaining elephant tamer drove the last elephant slowly back, fearing that the Han soldiers would do this again. At this time, Army Sima Li Jun
He jumped on his horse and led the knights to rush towards the gap left by the elephant. The Shu people had collapsed. Although dozens of people rushed forward and raised their swords to resist the Han army's cavalry, it was too late. The Han cavalry were fully armed.
, dressed in iron armor, they barged in. Even if there were arrows flying in front of them, they had no need to dodge. They waved their horses and began to engage in hand-to-hand combat. All the Shu people they encountered were forced to retreat, and corpses fell along the way.
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Soon, the front of the Han cavalry had reached into the dense forest. Yang Fu saw it and immediately ordered the remaining knights to outflank him from both sides. He said: "The elite of the Shu army have been attracted and have no time to care about you. You guys
Fighting from the left and right, there will definitely be many gains!" The fact was as he expected, when the Han cavalry formed a three-way arrow and penetrated into the Han army, the Shu people were completely unable to fight back, and quite a few Shu soldiers were trapped in the cavalry formation.
They were waiting to be captured. But the Han army was shouting and cheering wildly, and continued to pursue deeply, just like the raging waves washing and tearing up the rocks. Before long, the Han cavalry had captured nearly two thousand people.
But at this time, the Shu army camp obviously also learned that something was not going well on the front line. Some new troops were coming here one after another. Although they could not see how many people there were, they could see the shadow of the flag. The Han cavalry
Just like yesterday's Shu people, they just gave up when things got better and did not pursue the decisive battle any further, but today's losses were enough for the Shu army to find it unacceptable.
When the battlefield gradually returned to calm, the subsequent Shu troops came to clean up the battlefield. They saw corpses lying everywhere in the forest, and the dead and injured were lying on their pillows. It was sad. Those Shu people who were lucky enough to survive were holding their arms at this time.
With severed shoulders and elbows, he sat next to the corpses on the ground, crying and watching the fellow villagers gradually stop breathing.
But this is the law of the battlefield. Only when it ends, people will use another standard to look at life, and when this war will end, the generals of the Shu Dynasty have no idea.