Chapter 391: The Battle of Pushui As soon as it's time to work,There's no way to guarantee the code word time.,You can only pick up the lights and fight at night.,This chapter is 920.,Strive for another chapter at night.
The Cao army camp of 80,000 people, the camp tents are dotted, stretching for several miles, covering a long section of the river behind them, inside the camp, the lights are bright, the garrison is strict, even after the third watch, still see the fence of the camp, the figure pupils.
For a distance of two or three miles between the two armies, the sentinels of both sides shuttled back and forth, monitoring each other's movements, and occasionally encountering each other's crossbows and firing at each other.
Everyone's main task is not to fight the opponent, so although they are occasionally shot off the horse or shot and wounded, in most cases, they are only superficial, and there is no fierce cavalry battle and pursuit.
The moon is like a silver plate, shining on the Pushui River, with layers of golden ripples.
The river is not quiet, in the five or six miles long section of the river behind the camp, a black ribbon is spreading flat on the river, extending to the other side of the Pushui, this ribbon is a pontoon bridge.
After the Battle of Xishan, Jia Xu and Yu couldn't help but rush to Beishan to join Cao Cao, and learned that the main army had retreated south, so the two had to lead the army to retreat to the south of Pushui.
When it was discovered that Lihu City was attacked by Zhang Liao, and the army was blocked by Gongsun Army in the area on the north bank of Pushui, Jia Xu and Yu Ban immediately led the army to the opposite bank to respond, and at the same time, Yu Ban personally led more than 1,000 fishermen and soldiers who were familiar with the water, and drove more than 500 fishing boats collected to go down the river and join Cao Cao's main army.
The total number of fishing boats between the two armies was only more than 800, and although the number of boats had more than doubled, it would still take a day and a night to cross all the military horses if they crossed the river by boat, but it was obvious that the Gongsun army could not give them a day and a night to cross the river calmly.
But for Jia Xu, who has an intelligence of 98, this is obviously not an unsolvable problem.
The Pushui River is more than 100 meters long, more than 800 large and small fishing boats can be connected up to 3,000 meters, as long as the fishing boats are connected end to end with a cable, a pontoon bridge with a width of 50 meters can be built on the river surface, connecting both sides of the Pushui River, and then paved with wooden planks, then the river surface of the waves and tumbling becomes a thoroughfare, the 80,000 army only needs more than an hour to cross the river smoothly, and then the pontoon bridge is burned in a fire, and the Gongsun army can only look at the river and sigh, helpless.
On the river, Yu Ban is directing thousands of people to be busy, driving boats, tying ropes, building planks, pontoon bridges getting longer and longer, and a bridge deck up to 50 meters wide has crossed most of the river and continues to extend towards the opposite bank.
Cao Cao was dressed in a big coat, surrounded by Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Dian Wei, Xu Chu and Xu Huang, standing at the head of the pontoon bridge, looking at the pontoon bridge that was gradually approaching the opposite bank, the look on his face gradually relaxed, and secretly cast a look of approval to Jia Xu beside him.
Although he was defeated in the Battle of Xishan, Cao Cao still attached great importance to Jia Xu, a strategist who had no last resort, and Jia Xu's trick made Cao Cao, who was almost in a desperate situation, like seeing the sky through the clouds.
"It seems that before the fourth watch, the pontoon bridge can be built, and our army can cross the river safely before dawn.
Hearing Cao Cao's unhesitant words of praise, Jia Xu just smiled slightly, without the slightest smug look on his face, and still maintained a vigilant look in his eyes.
In the enemy camp, there are Guo Jia and Pang Tong, these two people are no less talented than him, what he can think of, those two people may also think of it, as long as the pontoon bridge is not built, anything can happen.
In the early morning, the fog locks the river, and the river is surging.
The time was close to the fourth watch, Cao Cao and the others were still standing by the river, sleepless all night, everyone's eyes were already full of bloodshots, but they were not sleepy at all, a pair of eyes looked at the river, and gradually became eager.
Several horsemen of the Cao army, whip the horse, the horse's hooves flew on the wooden planks on the pontoon bridge, stepped on the board surface knocking loudly, galloped towards the opposite bank, the leader was the famous general of Cao Ying, known as one of the five good generals in history.
In front of the forbidden Pegasus, he bent down to greet Cao Cao and bowed: "Lord Qi, the last general is fortunate not to be dishonored, the pontoon bridge has been completed, please immediately lead the army to cross the river." ” Cao Cao couldn't help but be in good spirits, drew his sword with a brush, pointed straight at the opposite bank, and shouted in a low voice: "The whole army will go out and cross the river in turn according to the predetermined order, and be careful not to make loud noises." ” The soldiers responded in a low voice, although the voice was not loud, but it was extremely neat and full of excitement, and they turned around one after another.
On the side of the river, the flags were unfurled, and the swords and halberds were like a forest, which had already been densely packed with Cao soldiers, standing solemnly one by one, waiting for the order to cross the river.
According to the order, the first to cross the river should be the baggage battalion, then the auxiliaries and miscellaneous soldiers, then the ordinary foot soldiers such as sword soldiers, spearmen, and shield soldiers, then the archers and crossbowmen, and finally the tiger and leopard cavalry and tiger guards.
Just as the heavy soldiers gradually left the queue and rushed to the head of the pontoon bridge, an accident happened.
"Fire, there's a fire on the river upstream," someone suddenly shouted in the direction of the upstream.
Immediately afterwards, the faces of tens of thousands of Cao soldiers changed, and the fires on the river gradually burned all over the river one after another, and the fires rolled and flowed along the river surface, heading straight for the pontoon bridge.
As the fire drew nearer, it became clear that they were countless small boats, full of firewood, and the flames followed hundreds of wooden boats all over the river, and the whole river was full of fire and smoke.
Hundreds of fireboats rushed forward like fire dragons with the momentum of the river.
Seeing that the hard work of the night was about to be wiped out, the generals of Cao Jun couldn't help but be shocked, and shouted urgently: "Hurry up and block the incoming ship" Woooooooo At this moment, from the direction of the gate of the Cao army's camp, he suddenly remembered the continuous sound of horns, and soared into the sky, and countless scouts rushed over, and said loudly: "Lord Qi, the Gongsun army is coming, and it has been killed near the gate."
At this time, the array of Cao's army was in chaos, some were waiting to cross the river, and some were panicked by the attack of fireboats, and the more than 80,000 troops were in a hurry to form a formation at all, even if they hurriedly lined up to meet the battle, they could not drum up the will to fight against the water and fight endlessly like yesterday.
"Lord, what should I do" All the generals looked at Cao Cao in unison, waiting for his instructions.
There are only two roads in front of Cao Cao: the first way is to seize the opportunity to cross the river while the fireboat is not yet approaching, but the bridge deck of fifty meters can only be more than 100 people at a time, and there is no way to completely cross the river for more than an hour.
The second way is to meet the whole army, but this road is obviously more dangerous, once defeated, the whole army will be wiped out, in this situation, if you face the battle, this result is basically a foregone conclusion.
At that moment, Cao Cao no longer hesitated, and roared: "Xu Huang and Li Dian listened to the order, led 20,000 soldiers and horses, and quickly met the enemy, but they could only advance but not retreat, and drag the enemy army" "Oh" Xu Huang and Li Dian immediately agreed and left.
Cao Cao raised his horsewhip and roared loudly: "Tiger and leopard horses, tiger guards, cross the river in turn, and other military horses follow" With the thunderous response, the tigers and leopards rode under the leadership of Cao Ren, followed behind Cao Cao, and the horses roared onto the pontoon bridge and took the lead in running to the opposite bank.
Immediately afterwards, the Tiger Guard Army was also led by Xu Chu and Dian Wei, and followed closely.
At this critical moment, Cao Cao knew that it would be difficult to save all the military horses, so he gave priority to letting the tiger and leopard cavalry and the tiger guards flee first.
Just when the Cao army was crossing the river in a chaotic manner, countless Gongsun troops were already surging like a tide, rushing to the Cao army's camp gate and gate.
In the morning light, Gongsun held the dragon halberd in his white hand, urged the sweat and blood under his crotch, like a fiery red streamer, and took the lead in running into Cao Yingyuanmen, leading Zhao Yun and Wen Chou and other fierce generals to rush into the enemy camp.
Titicaca Countless war horses galloped in, and a snow-sleek, hundred-for-steel knife, in the faint morning light, drew a shining light, slashed down the horses in front of the camp fence, and then smashed open the camp fence, like a tide rolling, quickly rushing into the enemy camp.
It turned out that Pang Tong and Guo Jia knew that this was the critical period for defeating the Cao army, and they had not slept all night, and they saw that there was no movement in the camp of the Cao army, neither saw the attack on the camp in the middle of the night, nor did they see it slip away at night, so the governor had something strange, so after the sum of the two, they deduced that there must be something strange on the Pushui River.
The Gongsun army scouts immediately took advantage of the night, secretly rowed a boat, hid in the shadow of the lush water and grass along the river bank, and quietly went down, and finally found the pontoon bridge on the river, and immediately returned to the camp, and rushed to Gongsun Bai.
Gongsun Bai, Pang Tong and Guo Jia, who received the news, immediately decided on a plan for fireboats, reorganized their military horses, and launched a full blow against the enemy.
The camp was empty, and it was already expected by Gongsun Jun, Gongsun Bai did not stop all the way, urged the horse to dance the gun, and went straight to the river beach.
He knew very well that a peerless hero like Cao Cao, as long as he was left behind, no matter how advantageous the situation was, he might be turned over by his comeback, and the best way was to cut off his head to really end the battle.
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In front, suddenly a military horse, quickly approaching, forward to meet the battle, the first person, holding a gold-backed Xuanhua axe, straddle the horse, the momentum is violent, it is the famous general Xu Huang of Cao Ying, another general of Cao Ying, Li Dian, then patted the horse and danced the knife to follow behind. kill Under the orders of their respective commanders, the two military horses roared in unison, and their momentum was like a rainbow, and they pounced on each other like hungry wolves.
For a time, the drums of war rose to the sky, the sound of trumpets was endless, the shouts of killing collapsed the sky, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on both sides launched a fierce battle.
However, this is not a close battle after all.
Woohoo Before the cavalry of the Gongsun Army approached, they had already shot out a round of dense arrow rain, only to shoot the former soldiers of the Cao Army on their backs, screaming for a long time, and then tens of thousands of iron horsemen, rolling into the phalanx of Cao Army's foot soldiers, like countless tanks crashing into the crowd in the bazaar, only to hear the sound of flesh and bones breaking and wailing, countless Cao Army soldiers were knocked into the air, quickly collapsed, not into an array.
Ordinary foot soldiers face the world's elite horses like White Horse Yicong and Mo Yunqi with flesh and blood, which is tantamount to blocking the car with a mantis arm, and it is not at the same level at all, only the share of being crushed.
However, the task of Xu Huang and Li Dian was only to block and delay the advance of the Gongsun army, and to win time for the main force of the Cao army behind them to cross the river, so knowing that they were invincible, Xu Huang and Li Dian were still shouting loudly, commanding their soldiers and horses to fight to the death.
Gongsun Bai, who was in the midst of the chaos, was furious, and roared: "Disarm and don't kill, those who stand in my way will die" is not finished
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