Chapter 1192: Forcibly crossing the Ba River (Part 2)
Under the night, 20,000 soldiers and horses were marching at full speed. The whole army did not hear a single order, only the sound of people and horses stepping on the ground as they marched. This is evident from the fact that Yuchi Gong, a veteran general who has fought hundreds of battles, has a rigorous military management.
Arriving at the bank of Bashui, the sound of the rushing river completely covered up the sound of the march. The front troops stopped to prepare for a possible sudden attack on the other side, while the heavy troops in the rear quickly moved forward and quickly and neatly set up a pontoon bridge.
Dark clouds gather, there are no stars or moon, and the river flows and moans.
Yuchi Gong led his elite soldiers to dominate the east bank of the river. Seeing the shadowy shadows of the heavy troops setting up pontoon bridges on the river, he felt a little nervous. Although his side had been tightly sealed off from the moment of gathering, to the time when he broke camp, sent out troops, marched, and arrived here.
However, Cheng Yaojin on the other side had some rough information and did not dare to expect his troops to arrive at his barracks before being discovered.
But as long as we can delay it for a moment and build the pontoon bridge forward one more foot, we will be able to cross the Bashui as quickly as possible when we are discovered at that hour in the night. We will save fewer soldiers and preserve our combat power after crossing the river more completely.
However, things are counterproductive. The more you worry about something, the more likely it will happen.
Just when the heavy troops were erecting the pontoon bridge over the water for more than two-thirds of the entire river, a firework suddenly rose from the other side, leaving a straight upward trajectory in the dark night, and then suddenly exploded in mid-air.
A golden firework suddenly exploded in the inky night sky, which could be seen clearly even from Chang'an City dozens of miles away.
Yuchi Gong waved his hand: "Send an additional brigade of soldiers to assist the heavy troops in speeding up the erection of the pontoon bridge. It must be completed before the enemy's main force arrives, no matter the cost!"
"Here!"
Yuchi Baohuan, the leader of the soldiers, took the order and galloped on the flanks. In a moment, a troop of several hundred people broke away from the group and rushed to the river to join the team building the pontoon bridge.
Immediately, there was the sound of horse hooves on the other side, and one scout after another appeared one after another. When they discovered the enemy troops who were urgently setting up a pontoon bridge in the river, they quickly turned their horses and galloped westward to report the news.
After a cup of tea, people on the other side screamed and neighed, and there were crowds of silhouettes. There was a sound of bowstrings ringing, and countless arrows seemed to suddenly jump out of the Nine Nether Hell, showing a downward parabola in mid-air, and landed accurately on the baggage.
The top of the soldier's head.
For a moment, arrows were missing like rain, and the heavy soldiers on the river were hit by arrows one after another. The sound of screams and shouts filled the entire river, completely covering up the sound of the rushing river.
The thinly dressed baggage soldiers who were working urgently had almost zero defense against missing arrows. A round of arrow rain fell, and countless soldiers screamed and fell into the river. In a short time, the river water was dyed red, and the river water was like ink in the night, rolling.
The flow carried away the dead and wounded soldiers who fell into the water.
After three rounds of arrow rain, almost all of the heavy baggage troops and reinforcements of the first brigade of soldiers were killed or injured. Yuchi Gong showed no expression and waved his hand: "Send two more brigade of soldiers and continue to build the pontoon bridge."
"Here!"
Military law is ruthless, and Yuchi Gong has always been known for his rigorous military management. As long as the military order is issued, he must move forward even if he is facing mountains of swords and seas of fire. Therefore, more than a thousand soldiers braved the chaos of falling arrows above their heads, rushed onto the pontoon bridge, and continued to lay the ground.
.
There are more and more troops on the other side, and the drums for summoning the generals have already sounded. It is obvious that the main force is coming, and the crossbowmen who arrived earlier concentrated all the lost arrows on the pontoon bridge, causing the rain of arrows to fall.
The density was terrifying, and it caused great damage to the Youhou Wei.
Seeing that the two additional brigades of soldiers had suffered all casualties, but the pontoon bridge had only been laid forward for less than ten feet, Yuchi Gong's eyelids twitched, but his black and purple face was expressionless, and he raised his big hand and waved again.
So, two more brigades of soldiers rushed forward despite the rain of arrows...
After three consecutive reinforcements and a cost of 3,000 men, the pontoon bridge was only a few feet away from the other side. The soldiers were completely exposed to the enemy. Not only could crossbows and crossbows be used to shoot at close range, but some soldiers with amazing physical strength could even shoot short spears at them.
Kill.
At this distance, even if there were ten times more troops, it would be impossible to erect the pontoon bridge directly to the other side.
Yuchi Gong raised his horse and shouted: "The cavalry is ready to attack!"
Two thousand cavalry quickly gathered behind him, and Yuchi Gong shouted: "Attack!"
"drive!"
"Herod!"
The sound of people shouting and horses neighing suddenly sounded. Two thousand cavalry lined up in five columns, increased their horse speed within a very short distance, and rushed towards the other side along the pontoon bridge. As arrows like locusts fell from above their heads, they were sighted.
If you don't see it.
People and horses kept getting hit by arrows and falling down, but everyone never stopped and kept moving forward.
The war horses galloped very fast, and they had reached the end of the pontoon in almost a blink of an eye. They were several feet away from the other side, and you could even clearly see the soldiers on the other side holding long bows.
The first few dozen cavalrymen jumped directly into the river, picked up the wooden planks scattered everywhere, and stood in the river water that submerged their chests. They used their bodies to build the last section of the pontoon bridge. The following cavalrymen stepped on their shoulders.
The wooden plank leaped high and plunged into the Zuo Wuwei army on the other side.
At the same time, the other two pontoon bridges began to be laid quickly after the cavalry disrupted the enemy array.
The soldiers under Commander Su Jia followed closely behind the cavalry and rushed across the pontoon bridge to the other side. They immediately swept horizontally and defeated all the enemy troops near the river bank. They quickly cleared a beach position on the west bank of Ba River to allow the following troops to quickly cross the river.
After discovering the strength of the enemy's domination of the water, the Zuo Wuwei reacted quickly and urgently blocked it. However, for safety reasons, the camp was far away from the river bank. Before the main force arrived, the cavalry of the Right Houwei had already crossed the river and occupied the beachhead position.
Moreover, the infantry and archers were unable to withstand the cavalry charge and were quickly beaten to death and wounded, forcing them to retreat continuously.
By the time Niu Jinda led the main force to come for reinforcements, the three pontoon bridges built by Youhouwei on the river had been laid. The nearly 20,000 troops continued to dominate the water and completely stabilized the beachhead position.
Niu Jinda was not afraid. After listening to the scout's report, he had already made a preliminary judgment on the enemy's strength, position, and situation in his mind, and he was ready to regroup and form an array to defend against the enemy.
Although the enemy has successfully crossed the river, not everyone is Han Xin. They can defeat more with less in the unfavorable situation of forming a back-to-back formation. They only need to firmly suppress the enemy on the beach, and there will be no reinforcements behind them. They will fight one by one.
In the end, Youhouwei will be wiped out.
However, at this moment, the captain came flying over and conveyed Cheng Yaojin's military order: "The commander-in-chief has ordered the general to lead his troops to retreat immediately!"
Niu Jinda's eyes widened and he almost killed the captain with a knife: "Did you know that if you mistransmit military orders, you will be punished by Ling Chi?"
This section of the defense line is Zuo Wuwei's position. If Yuchi Gong is allowed to successfully break through, it will be equivalent to the complete collapse of the water defense line built by more than 100,000 troops. The serious consequences will be immeasurable. How could Cheng Yaojin issue such a military order?
?
The captain was so frightened that he was sweating all over. Seeing that Niu Jinda's hand had been pressed on the handle of the horizontal knife at his waist, he could pull out the knife and cut him in two in the next moment. He gritted his teeth and said with force: "It is indeed the commander-in-chief.
If there is a single mistake in the military order, the general will be willing to die!"
Niu Jinda had no choice but to let go of his hand holding the handle of the knife, glanced left and right, then looked at the direction of Ba Shui in the darkness ahead, and finally could only wave his hand: "The whole army retreats!"
"Here!"
As his military orders were conveyed downwards, tens of thousands of troops moved from rear to front and retreated to the rear in an orderly manner.
On the bank of Bashui River, Yuchi Gong had already led the main force to cross the river. Hearing that the scouts reported that the main force of Zuowuwei was retreating, he retreated without chaos. Knowing that this was Cheng Yaojin's plan, he did not dare to get too close and ordered the cavalry to keep a distance.
Zuo Wuwei was thirty feet tall and closely monitored all his movements.
Then he turned around and told Yuchi Baohuan: "You should return to Tongguan immediately with a few soldiers, report the battle report to His Highness the King of Jin, and ask His Highness the King of Jin to implement it according to the original plan."
The so-called original plan was to completely abandon Hangu Pass and Tongguan, and lead all the troops to attack Chang'an along the passage that Yuchi Gong rushed through, hoping that this would trigger a chain reaction of garrisons in various places in Guanzhong, thus ending the decisive battle.
The land was placed under Chang'an City.
Put everything to death and live again.
"Here!"
After receiving the order, Yuchi Baohuan rushed to Tongguan, but was pulled by Yuchi Gong again. He turned around and looked at his father in surprise. He saw his father riding up to him and said to him in a low voice: "After reporting back,
Find an excuse to leave Jin King's army and sneak back to Yushan. Find a safe place to hide. If everything goes well here, my husband will send someone to look for you. If anything goes wrong... it will probably not involve your life. It's just that
But our family's wealth ends here, you brothers can take care of yourself from now on."
Yuchi Baohuan's expression changed drastically. For some reason, it was clear that there was a smooth road in front of him, but his father said such shocking words. Just as he was about to speak, Yuchi Gong had already shouted softly: "Stop making noise, just obey me, and go quickly!"
"Here!"
Yuchi Baohuan did not dare to say anything. He glanced at his father, suppressed the worries in his heart, turned around and led two soldiers back to the east bank of Bashui along the pontoon, and galloped all the way north towards Tongguan.
Only then did Yuchi Gong let out a breath, turned around and commanded his troops to occupy the beachhead position and set up a defense line. At the same time, he sent scouts to the west, south and north to collect information. Even if Cheng Yaojin obviously conserved his strength and retreated to give up the position on the west bank of Bashui, he also
If you don't indulge yourself and pursue victory, even if you rush to Chang'an City with so many troops from the Youhou Guards, it is impossible to break through the defenses of Chang'an City. If you don't wait for the response of the garrison in Guanzhong, you will be surrounded and strangled by the imperial troops surrounding you from all directions.
We can only firmly protect this position here, wait for the army commanded by the King of Jin to arrive and cross the river smoothly, and then gather more than 100,000 troops to rush to Chang'an with great force, in order to maximize the sudden change in the situation in Guanzhong.
People must know how to exercise restraint, and when it comes to forbearance, they must not be greedy for merit.