Zheng Bao's navy and Wujie's barbarian army were caught off guard. They never imagined that this was the landmine they were frightened by. This kind of explosive was actually something they were very familiar with. Both Zheng Bao's men and Wujie's barbarians had eaten it when they were in Wancheng.
Such a big loss. I just didn’t know it looked like this, and I didn’t expect it to be placed on the ground so openly.
Cao Zhi also had no choice but to place explosives and landmines deep in the reeds. First, it was too humid there. There were many explosives and the mines would get damp when they were put down. Secondly, gunpowder and landmines have large-scale destructive power, but they are easy to catch fire.
Once the reed marsh is burned, not only Zheng Bao, Wujie and the others will die, Cao Zhi and his men will also be affected, and if one of them fails, they will all become overcooked ducks.
But for the sake of safety, Cao Zhi ordered people to cut reeds in the main battle area according to the wind direction, and opened a fire break zone about 60 meters wide. Fire break belts of varying sizes were also set up around the entire reed swamp to prevent
just in case.
Zheng Bao and Wu Jie were both in the middle army. They were walking deep into the reed swamps by themselves. They were walking in a panic when they suddenly heard a loud noise from behind and said, "No!" At this moment, they suddenly heard a sound in the reed swamps.
The whistle was shrill and long, tearing through the obscure sky. Before the whistle fell, countless bamboo rafts sprouted from the reeds in all directions. Countless soldiers stood on them, all with bows and arrows, and even more
Many people who were not dressed like regular soldiers used some bamboo arrows to shoot at the unsuspecting Zheng Bao navy and Wu Jie's barbarian army on the embankment.
There could be an ambush in the prodigal, and it looked like the situation was definitely not a small group of troops. The platoon of wild geese deep in the reeds flickered and appeared, and it was unknown how many enemy troops were coming. Cao Zhi had already ordered each group of troops to disperse into the reeds to hide their tracks and serve as sentinels.
As soon as the signal was sounded, they all came out to fight. At this moment, they had no choice but to attack in advance. It would be better if the enemy's central army could go deeper, but for some reason, the explosion on the beach went off in advance.
When Lin Jun's barbarian army marching at the front, they put up almost a long snake formation. Suddenly they were hit seven inches high, and they had to rush to fight. It was difficult for the men and horses of each team to respond to each other, and the head and tail were also confused.
Unable to care about each other, the soldiers were mostly in fear. They suddenly encountered the enemy in the chaos. On the narrow water rat embankment, you were crowded with each other and couldn't move around at all. People bumped into each other and trampled on each other. Corpses were everywhere on the ground. The whole army was in chaos.
Ten bows and arrows cannot shoot one arrow.
But the "ambushes" had been preparing for the ambush for a long time. One of them was in the light and the other was in the dark. A row of arrows shot over, and the enemy army fell into pieces of corpses. There were so many dead people in sight, and the corpses kept rolling into the water.
The lake water was dyed red.
Most of the Linjun barbarian army that besieged Wancheng were captives and rioters. Out of 10%, more than 70% were mobs. They dispersed in the face of a fierce battle. They didn't know the depth of the prodigal.
The five or six thousand men and horses of the front army saw the opportunity quickly and rushed to an open space. They all rushed to the swamp where there was no ambush to intercept them. Some of them jumped into the water and fled in panic. The officer leading the team shouted in vain, so he had to chop him with a knife.
A few deserters, but at this time they were defeated like a mountain, and how could they stop them? The water thieves in Ruxuwu prepared many bamboo spears that were about ten feet long. These bamboo spears are long and sharp, even if the opponent wants to bully them into close combat.
They couldn't stop them, and they couldn't resist the rows of stabbings. When the water thieves saw that the enemy's formation was in chaos, they rushed over from behind and stabbed everywhere with their bamboo spears, stabbing all the enemy soldiers who fell into the water to death.
Countless people fell into the swamp, and dead bodies filled the water.
Zheng Bao and Wu Jie were surrounded by elites from the old camp of their headquarters, and at this time they also knew that if they could not fight their way out of the reed swamp, the whole army would be wiped out, so regardless of the heavy casualties, they
The only option was to rush out and direct the archers to fire arrows. Regardless of whether there were any surviving soldiers in the crowd, he piled his companions who were injured or killed by the arrows into a bunker to resist the arrows that were constantly shot from the reeds, and then used
He fired back with bows and arrows and stood firm on the spot without retreating.
After the soldiers, water thieves, and thieves who were ambushing around the reed marsh dispersed the large group of barbarians, they found that only the area where the rat embankment was interrupted was still fighting fiercely in the entire reed marsh, so they communicated with each other with whistles, and each team besieged them from all directions.
Come here, although the water thieves, bandits and Wancheng navy are brave and good at fighting, they cannot easily gain the upper hand when encountering the elite troops of Zheng Bao and Wu Jie. The two sides engage in a life-and-death battle with their generals and generals.
In the bloody battle, we saw swords and guns being used simultaneously. Swords and halberds were facing each other. They were facing the swords, shoulders and backs. They were facing the swords. Their heads were cut off and their bodies were cut open. They were blocking the swords. Their throats were pierced and their breath was gone. They were hit by halberds. Their abdomens were broken and red. They were killed directly.
The accumulation is like a mountain, and the blood flows like a river.
Cao Zhi had experienced battles in Wancheng, Qiao County, Luoyang, and Jilong Mountain many times, but none of them were so brutal. Seeing countless casualties among his brothers in the Western Camp, he could not help but gnash his teeth and his eyes were red.
.But he must force himself not to be reckless, as the entire army needs his command and dispatch.
When the two armies were indistinguishable, everyone saw a tall man in the enemy's formation from a distance, with a dignified appearance, about forty years old, riding a tall horse, wearing a brocade robe and a silver fox.
He was wearing a cloak and a sword on his waist, and he commanded with determination. He was surrounded by dozens of soldiers holding shields to protect him. Judging from his extraordinary attire and aura, this man was undoubtedly Zheng Bao.
Min Guang had fought with Zheng Bao's navy for a long time. He could recognize their clothes and colors, so he recognized Zheng Bao. He pointed his finger and said, "This thief is Zheng Bao, the governor of Chaohu."
After Wang Ping heard this, he drew his big bow and took the wild goose feather arrow. He opened the bow like a full moon, and the arrow shot like a shooting star. He called out the word "hit", and shot out a cold arrow with a "swish", just passing through the gap in the shield.
Zheng Bao was shot so hard that he fell off his horse and fell to the ground. The Chaohu navy suddenly went into chaos. Knowing that their commander was killed, they no longer wanted to fight and fled one after another.
Wang Ping had seventy-two wild goose feather arrows, and his arrows always hit the string. At this moment, he was guarding Cao Zhi, acting as a "sniper" standing high on a rat embankment, shooting the enemy soldiers coldly.
When Cao Zhi saw the enemy leader hit by an arrow and fell from his horse, he said: "Okay!" He also knew that the time had come, waved his hand for Cao An to give the order, and blew the whistle, which was the signal to charge. The soldiers of the mixed army listened to the order.
, all pulled out sharp knives in their hands, rushed forward in a swarm, climbed over the corpses piled up like a hill, sacrificed their lives and ran into the crowd, slashing randomly with their knives.
The "scissor" Xu Chu is using now is the "Persian scimitar" that Cao Zhi gave him as a portable sword in Wancheng. The blade has a long body and a short handle, a thick back and a thin blade. It is most suitable for cutting in front of the battle, and in close combat.
Especially when he is able to give full play to his strengths, wherever he swings the scimitar, heads fall to the ground one after another, and the whole cavity is sprayed with blood. It can be said that he is invincible.