Zhang Fei thought about it and accepted Huang Yi's suggestion.
He was defeated by Zhang He and knew that Zhang He was cunning and did not want to repeat the same mistake.
If you are defeated by Zhang He again, he will be laughed at by Guan Yu for the rest of his life.
So Zhang Fei asked Huang Yi again, how to solve the embarrassment of infantry in the face of cavalry attacks? If you don’t find a way, it will be too hard to send infantry to the other side of the river to defend. Over time, casualties will be severe.
Huang Yi looked at the battlefield for a while, asked several technicians to discuss it, and suggested that Zhang Fei arrange the infantrymen who were crossing the Zhangshui River to carry the backwaters, and let the powerful crossbowmen climb the floating bridge to provide long-range assistance to the infantry.
The crossbow has a long range and an infantryman is blocking it in front, so the crossbowman can shoot with his heart. However, for the cavalry, the speed of the impact on the river cannot be increased to the extreme, and the possibility of being hit by the crossbow increases greatly.
Zhang Fei felt it was reasonable and immediately followed the plan.
The infantry opposite contracted their camp and lined up with their backs. Nearly 100 crossbowmen climbed the floating bridge and carried out targeted strikes on the cavalry.
As the crossbow machine was turned, more than a dozen crossbow arrows rushed away, and seven or eight knights were caught. Although only one person was caught, the others were only injured, but they were also shocked and did not dare to move forward rashly.
The impact of the cavalry slowed down, and the infantry became more courageous, slowly squeezed forward, providing space for more infantry to cross the river.
Zhang Fei was very satisfied and patted Huang Yi's arm and repeatedly thanked him.
Huang Yi said a few polite words, but felt a little regretful.
After all, Zhang Fei's subordinates were not trained enough. The infantry's combat power was limited when forming formations. The crossbowman hit a poor hit rate, the landing point control was not accurate, and the cooperation between them was also not close enough. If it were his subordinates,
There would never be only one of them being caught in this shooting, and they were rescued.
Zhang Fei's training level is still not meticulous enough and needs to be improved.
In the final analysis, ordinary soldiers are not motivated enough, passively obey commands, and do not actively adjust their tactics according to actual conditions.
No matter how careful the general's deployment is, it is impossible to cover everything. When implementing the specific implementation, it must rely on the front-line Du Bo and the governors of the Tun Line to make decisions before they can exert their combat effectiveness to the extreme.
This requires a group of well-trained middle and low-level generals.
Not to mention Zhang Fei's subordinates, even the imperial guards cannot achieve such a configuration now. The number of students in the martial arts hall is far from enough. After graduation, they are at least at the level of Qu Junhou, and can be equipped in Du Bo and the first level of the town chief.
Very few graduates from martial arts lecture halls.
In the future, the scale of the martial arts hall will be expanded, and even the sergeant and all the sergeants have undergone basic training. What kind of situation should it be?
Who can compete with such elite troops in the world?
Huang Yi was a little moved.
"Changshi, look." A technician suddenly called out and pointed his hand at the river.
Huang Yi looked at it and felt something was wrong. After a closer look, he found that the river seemed to be a little shallower and even the floating bridge had sunk a lot.
"How could it be..." Huang Yi was stunned for a moment, looked up at the distance, and suddenly shouted: "No, Zhang He may be raiding Chen Deng."
Zhang Fei was looking at the subordinates who were gradually gaining the upper hand on the other side who were excited, and suddenly heard Huang Yi's voice, and was puzzled. He turned to look at Huang Yi and said in a daze: "Why did the Chief Secretary say this?"
Huang Yi's face looked very ugly. "The location Chen Deng chose was a gravel beach, and the water level was relatively shallow, right?"
Zhang Fei thought about it, nodded, and then changed his face.
Before the war, he knew about the nearby terrain and knew where the water was deep and where the water was shallow.
Chen Deng chose the place he recommended. The water surface there is relatively wide and shallow, the water flow is relatively slow, and the stones brought out from the upstream have been deposited in large quantities, forming a large gravel beach.
The reason why he chose such a terrain was that Chen Deng was unwilling to be a suspicious soldier and wanted to find opportunities to cross the water.
When they thought of this, Zhang He naturally thought of it too.
Now that the water surface suddenly drops, not to mention whether Chen Deng will take the opportunity to cross the river, Zhang He is completely likely to let the cavalry cross the river.
If a person cannot leave, a horse can leave, and he can also take the person with him.
"Import General Chen immediately and make him be careful." Zhang Fei shouted loudly, anxious.
He really wanted to take his personal guards to reinforce Chen Deng, but he couldn't let go of the battlefield opposite. If Zhang He really attacked Chen Deng, there would definitely be no main force on the other side, and it would be his good opportunity to cross the river.
"Shi Shi, what should I do?"
Huang Yi thought about it carefully and shook his head. "All this is speculation. It is better for generals to act rashly, it is better to be cautious."
Zhang Fei nodded repeatedly.
Zhang He was too cunning. Who knew if he would not attack Chen Deng, but just flicked his own troops to rescue him.
In order to implement the suspicion of the army, Liu Bei's army was divided into three parts, but now it has become the biggest flaw. It takes time to rescue and appoint one, and it may have been trapped by Zhang He.
The best way is to remain unmoved and implement the original plan. In order to suffer local damage, you must cross the Zhang River and approach Zhang He's camp and force him to save himself.
Almost as Huang Yi discovered that the water level dropped, Fazheng also noticed this.
It is abnormal to have a lot of water in summer and the water level suddenly drops, so it is difficult not to attract people's attention.
Just when he reminded Liu Bei to be careful, Gao Lan's battle flag appeared opposite him.
When Liu Bei was still wondering whether Zhang He was making a fool of himself, Fa Zheng had already realized something was wrong.
The Zhang River is the main stream, and the amount of water is extremely large. If the water surface is visible to the naked eye in a short period of time, it is definitely not a small project. This is not even a project that Zhang He can complete with Gao Lan, and it may require the cooperation of the auditors in the city.
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Such a lot of trouble, obviously it wouldn't be for bluffing.
Fa Zheng immediately reminded Liu Bei to seize the time to cross the river and then set up a defensive position on the opposite side. In order to avoid the impact of the opponent's cavalry, it is best to set up a horse-rejecting horse in front of the formation and transport large quantities of arrows for crossbows.
When two armies fight, the loss of arrows is extremely expensive. If there is no time to supply, the crossbow soldiers will become ordinary infantry and can only fight with the ring-headed sword she carries with them.
Liu Bei followed Fa Zheng's advice and immediately ordered the transportation to be stepped up, and even took the risk of letting the soldiers wade through the river. In order to speed up, the soldiers tied ropes at both ends of more than a dozen small boats and dragged them back and forth to save people's weight and transport more
Materials.
Seeing that Liu Bei did not choose to be cautious, but instead accelerated the speed of crossing the river. Gao Lan on the opposite side did not dare to neglect, he ordered his general Gao Xiang to lead hundreds of cavalry to launch an attack.
Without saying a word, Liu Bei led his personal guards to cross the river and covered the infantry to form an array.
Chen Dao led more than ten cavalry to the river bank first and met Gao Xiang.
The two chased and fought in front of the formation.
But after a few rounds, Chen Dao seized the opportunity and took Gao Xiang down with one spear.
Gao Xiang's personal guard rushed over, someone met Chen Dao, and someone dragged Gao Xiang onto the war horse and galloped back to the formation.
Gao Lan saw it from afar and couldn't help but frown.
He knew that Liu Bei had a strong general, but Guan Yu and Zhao Yun served for the court, Zhang Fei led the army alone, and Liu Bei had no other talents. When did another strong man appear and he could defeat Gao Xiang within a few rounds.
Gao Lan did not dare to be careless, so he gave up the harassment of the cavalry and ordered the powerful crossbow soldiers to come forward to suppress them.
A drum sounded, and the arrows fell like rain.
Liu Bei knew the power of Hebei's powerful crossbow soldiers and did not dare to be careless, so he immediately summoned Chen to return to the formation.
"It's Gao Lan himself, no doubt." Chen Dao said to Liu Bei as soon as he returned to the formation: "This battle is probably a trap, so please be careful."