Seeing that the vanguard had established a firm footing on the other side, the morale of Jiangdong's army was greatly boosted. They ignored the rain of arrows and stones and surged towards the pontoon bridge.
The 30,000 men who followed Sun Ce northward were all gathered during his rampage across the Yangtze River in recent years, and they had already been deeply marked as the little overlord of Jiangdong.
In all senses, today's battle is no less than the battle when Xiang Yu crossed the Zhang River and defeated the Qin army at Julu City. Under the dual influence of the determination to break the cauldron and the battlefield that can give full play to his strengths
, the power that this army unleashed can only be described as terrifying.
The civilians who built the bridge were all affected, and the speed of their hands suddenly increased. Regardless of the final outcome of the war, as long as the bridge was built, they could withdraw from the battlefield alive, instead of dying in a foreign land, and even their bones could not be buried.
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With the help of the forward's cover, two other pontoon bridges were completed one after another, and the speed of transporting troops forward tripled. Even so, Jiangdong Army still felt that it was not fast enough, so they used the remaining rafts to travel back and forth across the turbulent waves, covering the sky.
Between the arrows and stones, they actually want to use this as a supplement to transport troops!
Driven by this fanaticism, the vanguard at the bridgehead actually fought against a large number of enemies with a small number, driving the Qingzhou Army's phalanx back steadily. The space vacated became larger and larger, and more Jiangdong Army surged onto the riverbed and rushed towards
Enemy position.
The Qingzhou Army guarding the river bank is mainly composed of militiamen, so it is not surprising that they cannot withstand the fierce attack of Jiangdong's elite. In fact, their performance is already very good. If they were replaced by an ordinary mob, they would be charged by the Jiangdong Army who were determined to die.
Maybe the entire military formation will be penetrated.
Naturally, the Qingzhou Army could not sit idly by and watch this.
The key to defending danger is not to completely prevent the enemy from crossing the river, but to launch a siege when the enemy's foothold is not stable, to form a local strength advantage, kill a large number of enemies, and undermine the enemy's morale. If the enemy is easily allowed to be on the beach
If we gain a firm foothold, then as the enemy's force crossing the river increases, the situation will reverse.
The Jiangdong Army's rapid offensive was mainly launched from Chen Wu. In a relatively limited-scale fight, the role of brave generals can be maximized. Chen Dao, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, naturally understands this. With the Qingzhou Army
With the current lineup, he is also shouldering the responsibility.
I saw the Qingzhou army split to both sides. Chen Dao, wearing silver armor and holding a spear, rushed out with more than a hundred personal guards. His target was Chen Wu, who was slashing and killing in the crowd!
"Anyone who stands in my way will die!" Chen Dao roared loudly, and his spear turned into a black dragon, piercing a military prince who came up. He raised his right arm and pressed down with his left arm. The gun barrel sank suddenly, and actually lifted the enemy's body.
In mid-air, it was used as a weapon and thrown into the crowd in front.
Jiang Dongjun, who was injured and fell to the ground, tried to roll forward and hugged his thigh. Before he could reach the position, Chen Dao sensed the danger, nimbly dodged, reversed the tip of the gun in his hand, and stabbed the attacker accurately.
throat, taking away the opponent's last vestige of life.
Chen Dao sneered sharply and stepped on the opponent's body. The long sword moved forward again, flying two wooden shields and stabbing the swordsman behind the shield to death. Like a tiger descending from a mountain, a dragon leaping into the abyss, he just knocked back the momentum of Jiangdong's army.
A passage was opened among the crowd.
Along the bloody path fought by the general, the soldiers rushed forward in groups, tearing the gap in the enemy's formation wider and wider.
"Thieves, stop being so arrogant, give me your life!" Chen Wu saw that it was not good, and roared. He swung his sword and killed him. Jiang Dongjun, who was staggering after being killed by Chen Dao, suddenly became energetic. He knew that he was defeated, just to delay time.
We must fight bloody battles to the end.
Chen Wu didn't even look at the soldiers in the fight, and wholeheartedly resisted Chen Dao. Before he could roar, the light of the sword was already in front of him. He slashed out a snow drill like lightning. As long as it hit the target, it would definitely cut the enemy in half.
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Chen Dao turned around quickly and struck the side with the blade of his gun. At the same time, he dodged again and dodged. However, Chen Wu's sword skills were much higher than he expected. He improved.
After rubbing his body, the blade of the blade suddenly drew an arc, and unexpectedly broke away from the contact with the gun tip, dragging the electric light and slashing diagonally towards Chen Dao's waist and ribs.
If this knife was hit, Chen Dao would have to be cut in two. Fortunately, Chen Dao was not a weakling. Although he couldn't use the spear in his hand, he was very agile. With a series of pedals, he was able to avoid Chen Wu purely by his steps.
This is a sure kill.
Chen Wu, who had the upper hand, struck out with his sword as tight as a sword, never leaving Chen Dao's neck and ribs, exerting his ferocious power to the extreme. Chen Dao, however, did not fall behind, moving with a gun as nimble as a swimming fish.
, interpreting agility and dexterity vividly, the two of them fought evenly.
Chen Wu's spearhead was blocked, and the Jiangdong Army's offensive also stalled.
The Qingzhou Army deployed a classic spear phalanx. The larger the fighting area, the more powerful it is. In a battle where there are only dozens or even a few people in the contact area, the power of the spear formation cannot be exerted.
Purely relying on the combat power of the militia, they are naturally no match for Jiangdong's elite.
However, as the battle line becomes longer and longer, the power of the spear formation is becoming apparent. Originally, with Chen Wu's assault, he could have torn a gap in the spear formation and expanded the results. However, once Chen Wu was blocked, Jiangdong
The army's advance slowed down immediately.
The two armies entered a brief stalemate.
Of course, equilibrium cannot be maintained for long.
Seeing this scene, Sun Ce's raging fighting spirit could no longer be suppressed. He swung his cloak behind him, raised his halberd, pointed the blade to the other side, and shouted: "My sons, follow me to kill the enemy!"
"I am willing to die for my lord!" In an instant, thousands of people roared in unison, suppressing the loud shouts of death and making the surging waves tremble.
Zhu Huan did not dissuade him this time. He knew that he could not dissuade him. The soul of this army was this invincible little overlord from Jiangdong. They were accustomed to fighting beside their master with unparalleled martial arts. Sun Ce was on the front line in person, but he was still commanding the Chinese army.
, the momentum displayed by Jiangdong Army in these two states is completely different.
With Sun Ce personally on the front line, the 30,000 Jiangdong Army's combat strength can be used as 50,000 or more. If the person fighting in the front was not Chen Wu but Sun Ce, even if Chen Dao showed up from the beginning, the situation would not be the same.
It might be better than now, but it might be worse.
When Sun Ce raised his troops in Pengcheng and marched south, defeated Zuorong in Guangling, and crossed the river to attack Liu Yao, the weak defeated the strong. What did he rely on? It was not strategy, but courage.
Today, Jiangdong Army is once again faced with a situation of doom or death. If there is any hope of leading everyone to break out of the encirclement and kill the enemy, they can only find it by following the lord untiringly.
"Woohoo ... wow ..." Sun Ce's movement was unlimited. Of course, the Jiangdong Army was a morale. The battle rose sharply, and the Qingzhou Central Army on the other side was also a riots. After a while, he directly burned the smoke!
"The smoke is rising at this time? Could there be an ambush?" Liu Bei's voice came from behind, full of doubts.
"Maybe." Zhu Huan turned his head and looked at Liu Bei with a rather cold look in his eyes. He had always disliked Liu Bei. There was no reason, it was just an intuition. He always felt that the other party was too deep and selfish.
Although Zhu Huan himself is not a purely selfless person, he and Liu Bei are two different things. At least he has never calculated his allies or even his master. When Liu Bei was under Gongsun Zan, he always had reservations and was always thinking about fishing in troubled waters and gaining a piece of territory for himself.
. Later, after the incident failed, he followed Xu You to Yuzhou, but he still remained stubborn and thought about the property of his allies in Xuzhou all day long.
After being defeated by Wang Yu in Xia Pi, this man turned to Yuan Shu. The latter treated him well. Not only did he provide him with protection, but he also entrusted him with important responsibilities. However, at the critical moment, he resolutely betrayed him.
Those righteous things are all nonsense, Zhu Huan doesn't believe a word of it, he only cares about the results.
Now Liu Bei has obtained a piece of territory in Huainan, with more than ten thousand troops. If he wins this battle, he will be close to the water tower, and he can send his troops northward to participate in the carving up of the Central Plains. If the war goes against him and he returns without success, he will have nothing to lose.
The land below is adjacent to Jiangxia, separated by the Dabie Mountains in the middle. It is a place that can be attacked when advancing and defended when retreating.
Even if the Qingzhou Army launches a southern expedition, the Jiangdong Army, which occupies half of Yuzhou and Jiujiang, will bear the greatest pressure. Liu Bei will still get the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
Besides, this time when we went north, Liu Bei was nominally the one who made the plans and acted as the vanguard, but what did he do? He failed to instigate rebellion twice, and the rumors he spread did not work. He only brought a few hundred personal guards with him, which was completely out of control.
Not working hard enough.
Zhu Huan had a straightforward temper, and did not have the tricks of being arrogant and sweet. When facing Liu Bei, his face naturally looked ugly and he was too lazy to answer the other party's questions.
An ambush is indeed possible. Jiangdong Army did a lot of research before the war and believed that the biggest threats came from Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong.
Xia Houyuan's troops had already fought against the Qingzhou Army in Rencheng, and suffered several defeats and were completely defeated. The current troops were a mixture of the original remaining troops plus reinforcements, with a total of only more than 24,000. Although the troops were higher than
before, but its combat effectiveness is questionable.
Zhang Liao's troops had won consecutive battles in previous battles without too many casualties. Even if they wanted to return to Qingzhou to aid Xiahou Yuan, they did not need to return the entire army. They could divide their troops into two groups. Chase Xiahou Yuan all the way and cooperate with the local militia to block him.
In Jinan; the other group was ambushing on the south bank of the Yellow River. After the war started, they chose the opportunity to join the battle group and raid the Jiangdong Army that was cut into two ends by the river.
Because of this, Zhu Huan and Liu Bei stayed put and were on strict alert.
In addition, the only reinforcements the enemy could count on were the militiamen coming from Qinghe, Yangping, and even Wei County. These militiamen were far away and had poor combat power, so they were not enough to cause trouble. Zhu Huan felt that Liu Bei suddenly
When I came over and brought up this topic, I was just looking for something to talk about, and it was almost a trick.
It's no wonder that Zhu Huan was too vigilant. In fact, during this period of time, Liu Bei had tricked many Jiangdong generals overtly or covertly. Except for Han Dang, Huang Gai and a few old guys, most of the others were swayed by him.
Tried it.
The purpose was nothing more than to win over him secretly and poach him. No wonder Zhu Huan hated him.
After being treated coldly, Liu Bei didn't have much self-consciousness. He said to himself with a worried look on his face: "General Xiumu, don't be careless. There are many wise men in the Qingzhou Army. It is possible that they can't deduce today's situation. In case of setting up a target
The plan, then..."
"Liu Shijun is worrying too much." Zhu Huan waved his hand impatiently, as if to shoo away flies, and said coldly: "At present, all the elites in Qingzhou are out. Unless Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong ignore the safety of Qingzhou, the whole army will be destroyed."
Attack, otherwise what danger would there be?"
"This..." Liu Bei hesitated slightly, his eyes wandering. At this moment, when his eyes shifted, an unprecedented fear suddenly hit his heart, and he shouted out loud: "Ah!"
Zhu Huan was startled by him and followed his eyes, his face suddenly turned pale.
I saw a black shadow suddenly appear on the rough river!
Those were dozens of warships with wide bows and sterns and extremely deep drafts!
These ships came out of nowhere, but their goals were very clear. They rushed down the torrent!
"Qingzhou Navy!" Zhu Huan exclaimed.
As good fortune never comes in pairs, misfortune never comes alone. Before the panic could spread, another deep horn sound came from the direction completely opposite to that of the navy.
"Woo..." The sound was like a dragon roaring and a tiger roaring. Although the volume was weakened by the distance, its momentum was not diminished at all. One moment it was stretching to an unknown distance on the horizon, and in an instant it was within reach.
The sound of the horn gradually became audible, becoming clearer and louder.
Suddenly, a big flag rushed out between the sky and the earth, a big flag with Chinese characters on a red background and black characters. It was like a sharp sword spanning the sky and the earth, breaking out of the sky!
Immediately afterwards, the black tide surged out, and countless battle flags fluttered in the wind, showing their might.
Next to the big flag with Chinese characters are two general flags. Under the sunlight at noon, the writing on the flags is still clearly visible even if they are ten miles apart.