Five miles east of Shanggui City, dozens of boats are lined up in the river. The boatmen on the boats, sweating profusely, are connecting the wide and thick springboards together to form a pontoon bridge across the Wei River. They move skillfully.
There is a tacit understanding of cooperation, and it can be seen that this is the result of many times of practice.
Soon, a pontoon bridge was formed. As soon as the boatmen straightened up, a plume of smoke rushed out from the valley in the distance and shot straight into the sky.
"Get into the water, secure the boat!" A big man in the lead shouted and jumped into the water first. He grabbed a boat with one hand and used himself as a human-shaped chain to tightly fix the two adjacent boats together.
The other boatmen also jumped down, splashing water, and their muscular arms were as if they were made of iron, stabilizing the boat that was still shaking a little.
The cold river water quickly soaked through their winter clothes, like knives, tearing at their skin and flesh. Many people gasped from the cold.
Wei Ba and Zhao Guang each led a cavalry and rushed to the river quickly. They did not dismount, but slowed down. The horses stepped on the pontoon with brisk steps. The boatman in the water raised his head and looked at the high seat.
The knight in the saddle showed a nervous expression.
Wei Ba lowered his head, looking at those dark and simple faces, and was very moved. It was the twelfth lunar month, the Weishui River was freezing cold, and jumping into the water was not a comfortable thing. Although these boatmen operate boats all year round, if they were not forced, they would definitely
They would not enter the water easily. In order to complete this raid, these boatmen also suffered a lot. Not only did they have to transport food, stone bombs, and ordnance from Linwei, but they also had to jump into the cold water to make human-shaped chains.
The best thing is that the cavalry can quickly pass through the Wei River and approach Shanggui City.
Wei Ba thought of the six Yimeng sisters who jumped into the cold river for victory. Although these boatmen did not have such high political consciousness, they were equally worthy of respect. He held the reins with one hand, stroked his chest with the other, and bowed slightly: "Thank you for your hard work.
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There was no touching scene with tears in the eyes. The boatman in the water just stared at him dumbfounded, his eyes moving forward as his figure moved forward.
Wei Xing, a soldier who was following Wei Ba, saw this and was a little angry. However, he did not curse the boatmen. He just waved the battle flag in his hand and shouted loudly: "There is an order to join the army. Salute to all the boatmen——
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Upon hearing this order, all the cavalrymen raised their hands, saluted their chests, and bowed slightly to the boatmen in the water. The boatmen also understood that this was Wei Shenjun's order to thank them, and they suddenly became excited. They would not
He said too many beautiful words, but just gritted his teeth and pulled hard on the iron chain of the ship, trying his best to prevent the ship from shaking significantly, so as not to frighten the horses and cause the cavalry to fall into the water.
When the following cavalry saw their companions in front, they followed suit and passed the pontoon in an orderly manner. When passing the boatmen, they all bowed and saluted, and some even whispered greetings.
"Hard!"
"Thank you!"
More than two thousand horsemen all crossed the Wei River in less than half an hour. They lined up on the south bank, turned their horses' heads and faced the Wei River. Following Wei Ba in front of the formation, they raised their right hands high.
"Wait for the news of our victory!" Wei Ba shouted at the top of his lungs: "Let's go!"
"Let's go!" the knights responded in unison, began to run in small steps, and galloped towards the foot of Shangguang City.
At the foot of Shanggui City, a fierce battle was going on. Guo Huai led the last five thousand elites to storm Hu Ji's position. After Hu Ji sent out a signal for help, he never had the chance to consider when the reinforcements would arrive. Faced with the fierce attack of the Wei army, he ordered
All the thunderbolt chariots and crossbow chariots fired continuously, and then he personally led the guard battalion and rushed to the front line. Together with the infantry holding spears, they tenaciously blocked the Wei army.
Thunderbolt chariots were roaring, and stone bullets were thrown into the sky above the Wei army. The stone bullets roared in the air, hit the ground, the earth trembled, and dust flew up; they hit the shield, the shield exploded, and the Wei soldiers behind the shield fell screaming.
The ground; hitting a person, breaking bones and flesh.
Even the crossbow cart was roaring. The archers stuffed the last quiver into the crossbow cart. The crossbowmen began to shoot wildly. The crossbow arrows flew out one after another, forming black lines, and they continued to shoot far away.
The Wei army flew away, and the fierce shooting made the Wei army unable to even lift their heads. They could only hide behind the shields and run with all their strength, hoping to rush to the Shu army's position alive. Many people were unable to fulfill this wish. In Pili,
Under the full fire of chariots and serial crossbow chariots, the battlefield of three to four hundred steps outside the west gate of Shangguang City became a Shura field, and countless Wei troops fell on these few hundred steps.
Guo Huai was secretly frightened. He found that he had underestimated Hu Ji. He thought that after such a long period of shooting, the Shu army's reserves of stone bullets and arrows had been exhausted. He did not expect that Hu Ji still had such a large amount of inventory. The casualties of the Wei army
The rapid increase greatly exceeded his estimate.
However, at this point, it is impossible for Guo Huai to retreat to Shanggui. This is the opportunity given to him by Zhang He. No matter what the cost, he must defeat Hu Ji and attack Xiang Lang with Zhang He to complete the final battle.
Although Hu Ji's counterattack was fierce, it was not able to reverse the situation of the battle.
"Kill!" Under the protection of his guards, Guo Huai rushed to the front of the Shu army under the rain of stone bullets and sharp arrows. He was lucky. From such a long distance, he only received an arrow in his shoulder.
He was protected by iron armor, and the arrow did not penetrate deeply into his body, so the injury was not serious. However, the guards around him were not so lucky. Three of them were hit by stone bullets and died on the spot. At least thirty others were hit by arrows.
Or a war horse, whose life or death is uncertain.
Hearing the screams, Guo Huai felt heartbroken. These were the children of the Guo family who had been fighting with him for many years. Since they went into battle, they had never suffered such heavy losses. In order to atone for his sins today, he had to rush in and kill them in person.
On the front line, the casualties of the personal guards composed of these Guo family members also increased rapidly.
"Kill Hu Ji!" Guo Huai looked at Hu Ji who was dozens of steps away. He drew his sword and shouted, urging his horse to rush forward. The guards roared in unison and rode forward. Not to be outdone, the officers and soldiers of the Shu army fired dozens of swords.
The spear thrust forward, stabbing the knights and horses at the front to death, and then pushing the horses hard to prevent them from moving forward. The force of the impact of the horses was too strong, and more than a dozen infantrymen couldn't support it even with all their strength. They couldn't help but
Sliding back, the shoes on my feet were almost wiped off.
"Shoot them!"
"shooting!"
The soldiers who were far away and unable to touch their weapons shouted angrily in unison, raised their crossbows and shot at each other. During these ten or so steps, the sound of arrows flying was heard endlessly. Each soldier hit an arrow and let out a muffled grunt or
Screaming. The war horse neighed, raised its hooves and kicked wildly. The Shu army officers yelled, stabbed with spears, and chopped with knives. Four or five people surrounded a war horse. Some killed the horse, and some pulled the knight on the horse.
, pulled them off their horses and hacked them to death.
Guo Huai's personal guards were all tall, brave and good at fighting. They sat on their horses and urged their horses forward while slashing left and right with their sharp sabers. They cut a bloody path and rushed towards Hu Ji.
Hu Ji looked at the Wei army knights who were getting closer and closer. He was extremely nervous. Guo Huai was about to break his position. The reinforcements had not seen any sign. Was he going to die here? He kept asking Shang Gui beside Guo Huai.
He looked towards the city, praying that Wei Ba would appear soon.
Guo Huai didn't know what Hu Ji was looking at and thought Hu Ji was looking at him. He became even more angry and loudly ordered the knights to speed up the attack and kill Hu Ji.
As soon as he gave the order, a burst of majestic war drums suddenly sounded behind him. The war drums came from far away, but they were approaching quickly. The sound of the war drums was mixed with bursts of thunder-like sounds.
This is the sound of cavalry charging.
Guo Huai turned his head in surprise. He thought it was Zhang He who sent cavalry around the Weishui River to support him from behind. However, he felt vaguely uneasy because Zhang He did not mention this arrangement. He wanted to complete the task of defeating Hu Ji.
Leave it to him. Only in this way can his achievements make up for his mistakes. What's more, if it is the cavalry of the Wei army, there is no reason not to remind him to get out of the way.
When he saw the battle flag rushing out of the dust, he was shocked. This was not a knight of the Wei army, and there was no general named Zhao or Wei in the Wei army.
They are the Shu army!
A burst of cold sweat broke out all over his body, and Guo Huai suddenly realized that a huge danger was approaching. He looked at Shanggui City three to four hundred steps away and knew the intentions of the Shu army.
"Retreat -" Guo Huai roared. He gave up on Hu Ji who was right in front of him, turned his horse's head, and ran wildly towards Shanggui City. The Shu army rushed out from the east of Shanggui City with only one purpose, to capture
Shanggui City,
"Withdraw to Shanggui -" Guo Huai roared repeatedly, his eyes turned red. He pulled out almost all the more than 10,000 soldiers in Shanggui City, leaving only Ma Zun and others and some remnants who had lost their fighting ability.
Soldier, if the Shu army attacks, they will definitely not be able to resist it.
Guo Huai reacted quickly, but on the battlefield, thousands of soldiers were fighting together, so how could they be separated? Many Wei soldiers heard the order, but did not understand what the order meant. Our side had already occupied the area.
Now that we have the upper hand, it's a good time to defeat the Shu army. Why do they suddenly want to retreat? And more soldiers didn't even hear the order clearly. They were so stunned that they couldn't tell which was the order of the Shu army and which was the other.
Their own orders. They only know how to fight bravely and cut down every enemy in front of them.
Guo Huai was so anxious that he couldn't help but sink. He also knew that if he was attacked by the enemy in a fierce battle, there was almost no chance of survival. In order to succeed in one fell swoop, he had no backup plan. Faced with this unexpected situation, he did not
any resistance.
While Guo Huai tried his best to reorganize the battle formation and prepare to defend on the spot, he sent his knights to ask Zhang He for help. I encountered a cavalry surprise attack from the Shu army behind me and asked the general for immediate support.
The messengers rushed to both sides of the battlefield. There were forty or fifty of them. I don't know how many of them could reach Zhang He alive.
As soon as Guo Huai sent out people asking for help, Wei Ba and Zhao Guang came up behind him with more than two thousand cavalry. Wei Ba stepped on the stirrups, stood up, raised the ring knife in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Speed up!
charge--"
"Charge -" Zhao Guang raised the spear in his hand and waved it in the wind. A thousand fine cavalry followed closely behind him, whipping up a mad rush and rushing toward the panicked Wei army's rear formation.
"Shoot!" Sima Tang Qianyu shouted, raised the crossbow with one hand, and triggered the crossbow. With a "pop" sound, three crossbow arrows left the string and hit a Wei Junjunhou in the chest. Wei Junjunhou Turn over and fall off the horse.
Thousands of knights raised their crossbows and fired a dense rain of arrows at the rear of the Wei army.
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