From Juchao to Dongguan, the distance between the Wei and Wu armies was only about thirty miles.
However, after a large number of Wei troops arrived at Juchao, it had been almost half a month and they still had not moved out! Because they were so close, scouts from both sides often encountered each other, and there were countless small-scale battles.
On Dongguanguan City, which is leaning on the western foot of the mountains (Hanshan), the general Zhuge Ke can still sit still, but the older Ding Feng is walking around, looking restless.
Zhuge Ke finally couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Chengyuan is spinning around in front of my eyes, almost making me faint! There is a rope bed next to him."
Ding Feng sighed, finally sat down on the rope bed, and pondered: "Is the terrain we chose too excessive? Maybe Qin Liang won't come?"
As soon as these words came out, the generals who had looked solemn just now couldn't help but smile. It turned out that Ding Feng was afraid of missing the opportunity to defeat Qin Liang!
The general said: "When the enemy hears about General Ding's reputation, he will definitely run away!"
This compliment was too harsh. Even Zhuge Ke, who was criticized by his colleagues for being so happy with his success, felt that it was not that exaggerated. Can Qin Liang be frightened by his name? After all, Qin Liang's reputation was much greater than that of Zhuge Ke, who had previously won the Battle of Dongguan.
Ke, it seems to be a little bigger.
Even Ding Feng, who was impatient just now, also said: "Qin Zhongming gathered so many people and left without fighting. Isn't it justifiable in the Wei Dynasty?"
Zhuge Ke nodded and said, "In that case, Chengyuan will wait."
Although Ding Feng said this, he must still be worried that the enemy troops would not come, otherwise he would not be so impatient.
At this time, Ding Feng sighed and said: "Our army has few horsemen and soldiers. It is a pity to chase like this every day in the front."
Zhuge Ke knew that Ding Feng was thoughtful, and when he heard this sentence, he once again confirmed his opinion.
Sure enough, Ding Feng pondered again and said: "We are obviously waiting for the enemy. If I were the leader of the Wei army, I would adopt a long-term confrontation and not rush to attack."
Zhuge Ke was noncommittal, because what Ding Feng said was true. The confrontation between the armies wasted food and grass, but it was the same for both sides. If the Wei army hadn't invaded Dongguan, Zhuge Ke would have gone south to farm in the Ruxushui and Xianxi river basins.
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Zhuge Ke thought for a while and said: "The iron chains on the north side of Dongxing Dike are of limited use. The river mainly relies on those iron cones. If the boat can't get across, people can't get across. But Qin Zhongming is a famous general after all, not to mention the enemy coming from the north.
Downstream, our defense may not be able to stop him."
Ding Feng said: "Even if we can't stop it, fighting anywhere near here will be very beneficial to us!" After saying this, he looked at the scene outside Guancheng.
Zhuge Ke agreed and nodded slightly.
The reason why Ding Feng was anxious was because the terrain of this battle was complex and narrow, and the Wu army had a great chance of winning. Seeing that the cooked duck was right in front of him, but it might fly, no one else could be anxious!
But that's what war is like. When all the advantages are taken, the opponent can choose not to fight. It's better not to fight than to lose. There's no way around this.
The generals stayed on Guancheng for a while. At this time, the sun was slanting and the light gradually dimmed. Everyone looked to the west and saw that both sides of the Ruxu River were flat.
The faint black shadow on the horizon is the mountain range where Qibao Mountain is located, and the sun is about to set.
So Zhuge Ke got up, took Ding Feng and others down from the tower and returned to the military camp.
In the Battle of Dongguan three years ago, Wu's reinforcements came from Xutang in the south. But this year, Wu's army was well prepared. The main force of nearly 100,000 people was mostly at the southern foot of the mountains. The military camp occupied a large area.
Because Dongguan is just a small city, it cannot accommodate so many people.
It was a quiet night and not too windy.
Early the next morning, before dawn, the Wu Army camp on both sides of the Dongguan Embankment suddenly became noisy! Among the noise, someone shouted loudly: "The bandit army is coming, coming from the water!"
The guarding Wu army general was not sure, so he quickly asked for help to put on his armor and walked out of the house on the pier south of the embankment. Then the group set off on horseback and rushed to the eastern section of Dongxing embankment.
Everyone looked at the dark water for a while, but saw nothing. They wanted to hear any noise, but the sounds of people and running water on both sides of the Ruxu River interfered with the sound.
The general turned around and said, "Put out the torch, so it won't illuminate far away."
The subordinates obeyed and threw the torches to the ground and stamped them out.
At this moment, several rockets flew towards the river with a "swish, swish, swish". The generals on the embankment had sharp eyes and vaguely saw something huge floating from the river! When the rockets flew over a certain angle, that
The dark shadow passed by in a flash, but I couldn't see it clearly.
The general hesitated for a moment, then turned around and said: "Send the order, beat the drums! Send people to the camp immediately to report to the general that the bandits are attacking the Dongguan Embankment from Ruxushui!"
"Here!" the subordinate responded decisively, and then got on his horse.
After a while, the sound of "dong dong dong" drumming came from near the pier, and the sound of people became even more noisy. Wu Jun on the other side also followed suit.
At this time, something on the river finally revealed its true identity hazily! It turned out to be a very wide bamboo raft. The large bamboo raft was nearly a hundred paces long and wide, and there were small boats towing it in front and behind. Although it was traveling along the river,
However, the people on the small boats began to row hard and sprint, and the sound of "crash" hitting the water could already be heard.
I saw many people standing on the big bamboo raft, long weapons standing like a forest, and flags fluttering in the wind. The wind was northwest, so the flags moved forward.
"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows..." A shout came from the distance, and the sound of "crackling" strings could be heard endlessly. He fired an arrow at the armored soldiers on the bamboo raft.
It was covered with rain. The boats immediately turned around and rowed away.
Seeing this, the military commander here finally came to his senses!
Since we are traveling with the wind, the big bamboo raft is so crude that it is not even willing to build a sail and is not willing to drag it with a small boat? Moreover, there is nothing on the bamboo raft, but what are there so many people standing there? Human life is so worthless.
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So the general led his men to the north. When he saw the bamboo raft coming into range, he asked everyone to fire rockets.
As expected, those who looked like armored soldiers on the bamboo raft were actually on fire! As the fire grew stronger and stronger, everyone could see clearly that they were all scarecrows wrapped in tattered armor! There were also many scarecrows stuck on them.
The spears and bamboo poles indeed look like a military formation from a distance.
Wu Jun wasted many arrows, and most of them hit the scarecrow, which looked like a hedgehog in the firelight. Is this the strategy of "borrowing arrows from a straw boat"?
"Crack, click, click..." A heartbreaking sound came from the river. The huge and heavy bamboo raft hit the iron cone hidden in the river.
That big bamboo raft is not afraid of water leakage. The raft body is very wide and will not overturn. Moreover, it looks very simple, but it is quite skillful and very solid! After hitting the iron cone, there is no body at all, but the iron cone is swept away.
go!
More large bamboo rafts and large wooden boats appeared one after another in the rear, and the bamboo raft at the front. Those wooden boats and bamboo rafts were all very simple, almost just a large piece of bamboo plank, but they were extremely wide.