"Cavalry?" Zhang He was shocked: "Where did they get the cavalry?"
The scouts didn't know either. Facing Zhang He's questioning, they could only shake their heads in confusion, shaking beads of sweat on the floor.
It is almost common sense that the Shu Han army did not have an organized cavalry. Among the Shu Han army, there were only more than a thousand horse troops led by Ma Dai. They were defeated by Zhang He not long ago and should still be in the Mumen area. Even if they have rushed back to Shanggui.
, they should not appear in the north of Shanggui City.
What's more, the scouts didn't see Ma Dai's battle flag, which proved that these people were not the cavalry led by Ma Dai.
When did the Shu army show up with another cavalry force?
Zhang He was greatly puzzled.
However, what worries Zhang He is not only the unknown origin of these cavalry, but now he has to consider the purpose of these cavalry suddenly appearing in the north of Shanggui City. This is not difficult to guess. Zhang He understood the danger after thinking about it for a while.
Although Guo Huai has more than 10,000 people, after several months of siege, the soldiers in the city have suffered very heavy losses. Most of them are injured. Due to the lack of medical treatment and medicine, even rations are very tight. Non-combat casualties are almost over.
Bring them down. Can pick them up now
Weapons and those who launch the charge are all elites. Facing two thousand Shu troops, Guo Huai is determined to win. He will definitely attack with all his strength in order to break Hu Ji's position as soon as possible, and then attack Xiang Lang from a flank to defeat Shanggui before Zhuge Liang's main force arrives.
The battle outside the city.
Then, Shanggui City is an empty city.
Then, when he and Hu Ji were fighting together, there would not be enough reserves to stop the sudden appearance of the Shu army cavalry. In the face of the impact of the Shu army cavalry, his losses would be very shocking.
Zhang He felt regretful. He didn't find out about such an important thing as the Shu army having cavalry. This was a responsibility he couldn't shirk. Even if no one blamed him, he couldn't forgive himself. It was originally a sure-fire battle, but because of this mistake
, an unpredictable reversal will occur. If Guo Huai is defeated, Shanggui City will fall into the hands of the Shu army, and his strategic intention to capture Shanggui will become very slim.
"Start the attack immediately!" Zhang He calmly gave the order to attack. He wanted to support Guo Huai by putting pressure on Xiang Lang. Without breaking Xiang Lang's blockade, he could not effectively support Guo Huai.
At this time, he received another news that Zhuge Liang had led the main force to reach thirty miles south of Shanggui City, and Xia Houru was relying on the favorable terrain to block it with all his strength.
Zhang He was even more anxious. Xia Houru only had 3,000 men and could only provide an early warning. Even if he went all out, he could only stop Zhuge Liang for half a day. If the battle under Shanggui City cannot be resolved within half a day, Zhuge Liang's main force
If he rushes to the battlefield, he will inevitably fail.
Without this sudden appearance of cavalry, Zhang He would have been confident enough to resolve the battle within half a day, but now there have been unforeseen changes, and whether he can win or not is no longer within Zhang He's control.
You have worked hard for so long, but when victory is right in front of you, you fall short?
Zhang He was furious and ordered an all-out attack. He wanted to defeat Xiang Lang's position before Zhuge Liang arrived.
Seeing a large number of soldiers in the Wei army formation, Xiang Lang also knew that at the most critical moment of the war, if Zhang He broke through his position and joined Guo Huai, the city of Gui would be Zhang He's bag.
Something in the middle.
However, compared to Zhang He, his mentality is relatively more stable, because the battle situation is developing in a direction that is beneficial to his side. The confident Zhang He suddenly ordered an attack. Obviously, the appearance of Wei Ba had a negative impact on his ambition.
It caused a huge impact. The two sides were evenly matched, and the mentality of the generals on both sides became a key factor that may affect the situation of the battle.
Zhang He was anxious, the more stable he became. After all, this situation was not expected by Zhang He, but for him, it was the long-awaited result. Psychologically, he was already one step ahead.
Xiang Lang raised his arms and shouted loudly: "Gunner, repeater, prepare to shoot -"
"Get ready to shoot -" shouts came and went, echoing the sound of war drums.
The Wei army rushed out of their position and rushed towards the Shu army's position with an overwhelming momentum. Behind them, two groups of cavalry began to form, preparing to attack the two wings of the Shu army.
"shooting--"
"Boom!" The ground trembled, and the long wooden tips of dozens of Pili chariots were thrown high into the sky. The stone bullets rushed into the sky with a sharp roar, turned into a small black dot, and quickly grew in size, hitting the Wei army's army.
position.
"Bang!" The shield shattered, and a Wei soldier took two steps back, fell to the ground, vomited blood, and quickly stopped twitching.
"Bang!" A Wei soldier was hit on the head. His helmet and half of his head disappeared instantly, but his body continued to take two steps forward before falling to the ground.
"Boom!" The stone bullet hit the ground, sending up a cloud of smoke and dust, making every nearby soldier tremble with fear.
Before all the stone bullets fell, the sound of "whooshing" arrows came one after another. The dense arrows hit the shields with a thumping sound. They hit the bodies of the Wei soldiers, piercing the leather armor and hitting the iron armor.
The beetle leaves rustled.
The Wei army's attack formation stagnated, and then the war drums sounded again, becoming more intense, urging all the soldiers to continue moving forward.
On both sides of the formation, the cavalry began to run, rushing towards the Shu army's positions on both sides, and quickly approached the two wings of the Shu army's position.
"Light the fire!" Xiang Lang stared at the knights who were getting closer and louder and gave the order loudly. He ordered the flag soldiers to wave the battle flags. The infantry who had been waiting for a long time in the distance threw the torches in their hands into the ditch and ignited the poured fire.
The grease in it.
With a "boom", a fire as high as two people burst into the ditch. The flames seemed to be alive and quickly extended forward. In a moment, the three ditches became three walls of fire, mercilessly burning everything nearby.
.
"Xi Yuyu..." The war horse that had just crossed the ditch was frightened, stood up with a long neigh, and threw the knight on the horse down.
"Shoot!" The Shu army's crossbowmen began to shoot, and the sharp arrows passed through the wall of fire and appeared in front of the panicked Wei army knights.
The smooth charge formation of the Wei army was suddenly blocked and thrown into chaos.
Zhang He frowned and ordered Fei Yao to lead the infantry to launch another frontal attack. He jumped on his horse, carefully inspected the general battlefield, and called his son Zhang Xiong.
"You, lead a thousand cavalry, blindfold the horses, rush along the river bank, go around Xiang Lang's right wing, and support Guo Huai!"
"Here." Zhang Xiong turned his horse's head and rushed towards the river bank with a thousand fine cavalry.
Xiang Lang stood on the command car and watched the battle flags waving in the Wei army's formation. A group of light cavalry rushed towards the river bank. He immediately understood Zhang He's intention. The fire ditch he dug was very weak near the river. As long as he blindfolded the horse,
The war horse will not be frightened by the fire and can
Smoothly flowed across the river bank and rushed straight to his right wing. He could attack his rear or directly attack Hu Ji's rear formation. He didn't know if Wei Ba and the others had defeated Guo Huai, but at this moment, he certainly couldn't.
Let Zhang He succeed easily.
"The guards camp, block the river and prevent the horses from getting ashore."
Xiang Tiao rushed out with the guard battalion, rushed into the knee-deep cold water, set up his position, and intercepted Zhang Xiong who was wading in the water.
The two sides started fighting on the river bank, causing the clear river water to roar. One by one, the soldiers fell down, and streams of blood poured out, gradually turning the river water red.
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Thirty miles south of Shanggui City, Xia Houru stood on the hillside, nervously watching the Shu army gathering at the foot of the hillside.
Last night, the scouts reported that the Shu army was still a hundred miles away. This morning, ten thousand Shu troops suddenly appeared in front of his position. They came so suddenly that until they appeared twenty miles away, Xia Houru
Just received the news from the scout.
Xia Houru knew very well that although the scouts were lazy, the slow march of the Shu army also played a role in deceiving him. Not only that, Zhuge Liang marched seventy miles in one night, but his military appearance was still so neat.
, this greatly shocked Xia Houru.
Xia Houru remembered Zhang He's evaluation of Zhuge Liang: His military formation was very rigorous and it was difficult to find flaws.
Xia Houru didn't believe it at first, subconsciously thinking that this was Zhang He's excuse for not wanting to attack Zhuge Liang's military formation. But seeing Zhuge Liang's military formation with his own eyes today, he knew that Zhang He was absolutely right.
Xia Houru was a little unsure about whether he could hold the position and stop Zhuge Liang for half a day. He came in a hurry and could not carry large ordnance. He could only use the advantage of arriving first to seize the favorable terrain, then cut down some trees and push down some
Stones were used to create some roadblocks. Of course, these roadblocks were useful, but for the Shu army, which was mainly infantry, the effect was obviously not too obvious.
Then the only useful thing is the terrain.
Xia Houru looked at the Shu army's position and prayed secretly. He had already sent an urgent report to Zhang He, hoping that Zhang He could resolve the battle under Shanggui City as soon as possible and then come to reinforce him. For thirty miles, it would take an hour for the infantry to march in a hurry.
, it only took half an hour for the cavalry. As long as they arrived, Zhuge Liang would know the outcome of Shanggui City, and his fighting spirit would be severely dampened. The siege of Shanggui was resolved, and he did not go to Shanggui again.
It's necessary.
While Xia Houru was comforting himself secretly, Zhuge Liang at the foot of the mountain inspected the terrain and ordered an attack. To Xia Houru's surprise, the first attack force sent by Zhuge Liang was not a frontal attack. Two infantrymen of about a thousand people broke away.
After entering the formation, they climbed up the hillsides on both sides. These people seemed to have been walking on mountain roads all year round, and the steep hillsides actually had no impact on them, and they walked as fast as flying.
Xia Houru suddenly remembered something: Zhang He once reminded him that the Shu army did not have cavalry, but they were good at mountain warfare. Zhuge Liang's men had many barbarians who were good at mountain stations. They climbed mountains and ridges as if they were walking on flat ground.
If you want to hold the valley, you must build strong positions on the slopes on both sides to prevent the two wings from being breached.
Xia Houru looked at the positions of less than 300 people on the hillsides on both sides and broke out in a cold sweat. He immediately ordered reinforcements, but just as his order was issued, Zhuge Liang also issued an order to attack.
Two thousand infantry rushed out of the position and roared towards Xia Houru's main formation. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)