Chapter 3073 Everyone in Bingzhou fights for life
"Major General! Their thunder is so powerful!" At Fengling Ferry, Cao Junhou staggered and fell in front of Cao Zhen, "Our son died a lot! Major General!"
When Fei Qian arrived at Jiuquan, the battle at Fenglingdu also entered a cruel stage. From the beginning of the smuggling, it was destined to be a flesh-and-blood mill.
Cao Hong secretly opened a mudflat area and built a floating bridge, which became the second cruel battlefield in Xutongguan.
Cao Hong took the post at the ferry, which only made the construction of the floating bridge smoother at the beginning, but the subsequent war lost its concealment and could only be a head-on battle.
Tongguandu on the south bank sent troops to attack the floating bridge several times, but was beaten back mercilessly by Cao Cao who had been prepared long ago. However, Tongguandu was not capable of counterattacking. The turbulent raft that was put down from the upper stream caused the floating bridge built by Cao's army to be interrupted several times, and the losses were considerable.
The Hedong soldiers on the other side of the river were also defending the village at Fengling Ferry, and there were also soldiers who rushed from Hedong to commander Xu Ju to attack Cao Zhen.
In the past few days, the water surface of this section of the river has been basically stained with blood, with pieces of pink and bright red, and the ups and downs of the corpses constantly flowing downstream along the river, like duckweeds running towards an unknown future.
Although Cao's army was large in number, the floating bridge was still a bottleneck, which made Cao Zhen unable to have sufficient troops to attack the military camp at Fengling Ferry. Moreover, the soldiers led by the commander Xu Ju of Hedong County were under increasing pressure. It is said that a large number of troops were already gathering, and an attack on Fengling Ferry would soon be launched...
I heard that Xu Ju turned out to be from Runan?
traitor!
Cao Zhen gritted his teeth.
Unfortunately, resentment cannot solve the problem. Cao Zhen looked at the Junhou who came to report the news, and looked at the bloody wounds on his body. The armor was full of traces of knife-cutting fire. He fought on the front line for several days, and many Cao's soldiers, including Junhou, had almost reached their limits in their physical strength.
Seeing that Cao Zhen didn't say anything, Junhou said again, "Major General! The thunder and fire of this cavalry thief army is really amazing...our...
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard another roar on the front line. With the flash of fire, thick black smoke rose up. Then, the soldiers of the Cao army fled back from the Fengling Ferry Village in a mess.
"Today we will withdraw our troops..."
Cao Zhen sighed.
The sound of gold sounded.
The Cao army soldiers even retreated with a wonderful and comfortable feeling that they had made another day.
"Major General, you can't conquer these soldiers!" Junhou whispered, "Unless it is used..."
Junhou glanced at the soldiers behind Cao Zhen.
Cao Zhen frowned and said nothing, but asked Junhou to go down and rest first.
Although the combat effectiveness of the Hedong defenders is average and there is still some difference between them and the elite directly under the Cavalry, the problem is that the Hedong soldiers are the defensive parties and have some advantages in nature. Cao Zhen's route to the Linfen Basin of Fenglingdu was stuck by Xu Ju and his cavalry, which could not be passed at all.
Moreover, Xu Ju can also take advantage of the cavalry to harass Cao Zhen from time to time, and provide some manpower and material support to the soldiers of Fengling Ferry Village, which also keeps the morale of Fengling Ferry Village in a relatively good state.
Cao Cao had not many cavalry, so it was even more impossible to distribute it to Cao Zhen, so Cao Zhen could not fight against Xu Ju's cavalry.
The damage caused by infantry crossing the river was basically ignored for Cao's army, but if the treasured cavalry in Cao Cao's army crossed the river and fought, it would be amazing if it was damaged. Therefore, Cao Zhen had to constantly send ordinary infantry to consume Fenglingdu's combat power.
The vicious Fenglingdu defenders used crossbows and catapults to throw turbulent thunder, which made it difficult for Cao's soldiers to maintain a complete front line when attacking, so they naturally could not put enough pressure on the defenders of Fenglingdu village. The soldiers in Cao Zhen's hands were unable to maintain a relatively abundant state from beginning to end because of the intermittent circulating bridges.
The sulphur burns and the thunder bombs explode, which is completely different from the traditional cold weapons, making the Cao army soldiers somewhat uncomfortable. Many ordinary Cao army soldiers are in the army just to have a bite of food, and they are not able to enter a state of being ready to die anytime and anywhere.
There are also soldiers from Cao's army who are truly fearless, namely the elite combat power of Cao Zhen's men. These private military groups in Cao Hong's headquarters are connected with Cao Hong's life. Cao Zhen sent them to the field, which in a sense was consuming his own life.
Before the Fengling Ferry Military Village, it was like hell on earth.
The pungent smell of tinea oil mixed with the smell of barbecue enveloped the entire ferry.
There were corpses that were burned or blown to death. Due to the scorching fire, many people's bodies merged with the yellow mud on the ground, forming various strange landscapes. At this moment, the cruelty of the war was most comprehensively interpreted.
Although it was not the first time Cao Zhen went into battle, the situation in front of him still made him feel depressed.
The scout sent out to Hedong came back and told Cao Zhen that the road leading to the Linfen area of ​​Hedong was now guarded by Xu Ji's cavalry. There were beacon towers around the official road, which were too many to count. Once any movement was discovered, they would immediately light a wolf smoke to summon Xu Ji's cavalry. It was impossible to walk the official road through Xu Ji's defense line with his legs.
You cannot advance but you are unwilling to retreat.
Originally, I wanted to capture Fengling Ferry, and then move forward to point to Hedong, retreat to knock down Tongguan Ferry, and threaten the Shaanxi-Jin Ferry downstream. But now, all plans are beautiful, but it is difficult to implement them.
Change the focus of the attack and fight against Xu Ji's cavalry?
It's very difficult.
Although Xu Ju's cavalry was not very large, the damage caused to Cao's army was not even as serious as that of Fengling Ferry Village, Xu Ju's cavalry had a quick exchange and it was impossible not to take precautions. If Xu Ju's cavalry was accidentally caught by Xu Ju's cavalry, Cao Zhen would have to fight with his back.
The place of the Fengling Ferry Crossing gradually became quiet.
Because the seriously injured Cao's soldiers there eventually died, they naturally became quiet.
The day is over again, but no one has any idea of ​​how many lives it will take to fill in the flesh and blood mill.
It's dark.
The bonfire started lit.
The strong smell of blood attracted the surrounding wild beasts and crows.
Cao Zhen discovered that bats were also here to attend this feast. It turned out that bats also ate meat?
Cao Zhen watched the bat take off and fall, and suddenly thought of his next task, and couldn't help but feel like a bat, looking like a mouse, not a mouse, with two wings but no feathers.
In fact, what Cao Zhen didn't know was that there were many kinds of bats, some of which were meat-eating and some were vegetarian. The bats that circling in the pile of carrion were obviously meat-eating, but they did not eat human flesh, but flies and insects attracted by these rotten human flesh.
"Prepare." Cao Zhen whispered to the guard beside him, "Send a message to the other side, saying that we are preparing to carry out the second phase of the plan..."
The guard answered and then walked towards the floating bridge.
Since Fenglingdu can no longer expand its results, it can only open up another battlefield.
Temporary giving up may also be for better acquisition...
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The Central Army Guard Bian Bing is now in trouble.
The reason is that he fell into a trap.
A trap similar to Pang Juan.
Of course, the so-called "skinning" and "holding and writing" and "raising fire as a symbol" can be heard, and it is impossible to do it.
On the one hand, Pang Juan is not as good as Sun Bin, but at least he is a good military commander. How could he not even have a vanguard scout?
Tens of arrows were fired in the woods at once, of course it was very pleasant to think about it, but the land of an arrow was not far away. In addition, the level of bows and arrows in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the killing distance must be smaller than that in the Han Dynasty. At such a distance, unless Pang Juan's scouts were all cheating...
In comparison, using carefully crafted crossbows is much more reliable than bows and arrows, and is obviously more in line with the needs of long-distance sniping.
The elite scouts under the cavalry have always been bold masters.
In Taihang Mountains, there are many mountain paths and ravines, and it seems that they can walk, but in fact, not many can accommodate large armies. And from a military perspective, there are only a few places suitable for camping on one passage.
Unless the generals who commanded the army really don’t understand military affairs and randomly choose camping in areas with many weeds and chaotic trees, most generals choose camps similar.
Generally speaking, camps are mainly divided into two categories: one is field temporary camps and the other is long-term garrison camps.
The former does not need to consider the long-term life of soldiers and the siege of the enemy, so the main facilities of the entire camp are simple civil fortifications, tents and corrals, and a simple warehouse. In addition, a place needs to be designated as a toilet...
And the latter, in addition to everything needed for a simple camp, also requires solid stone walls and defensive sentry towers, which naturally becomes much more talkative.
Of course, there are some troops that do not need camps, but generally they are small troops, which belong to the series of scouts not being collected at night, with dozens of people or about a hundred people. For this number of soldiers, building camps requires a lot of physical energy, so they often use caves or hammocks to rest, or simply light a bonfire on the leeward side to camp.
The number of soldiers is large, and whether it is a quick attack or a steady attack, it is inevitable that you need to rest. At this time, the army is the most vulnerable and can easily become the enemy's prey. Choosing to set up camp is the most effective way to prevent the enemy's sneak attack. Moreover, the camp can also protect the army's property and materials when the soldiers attack, provide a fulcrum for soldiers who retreat unfavorably in the war, and at the same time, it can also provide soldiers with a sense of security and ensure the stability of morale.
On the soil plateau of Taihang Mountain, three crossbows pulled off their disguises and exposed their hideous minions.
Three thick crossbow guns were placed in the crossbow trough of the crossbow chariot, and the direction of aim was Bian Bing’s camp at the foot of the mountain.
As Bian Bing advances to Shangdang, the harassing troops sent by Shangdang continue to put pressure on Bian Bing. At the same time, Yan Liang's unclear death in Taihang Mountain also made Bian Bing dare not set up camp in the mountains without restraint.
Every time, it is a journey from sunrise to sunset. The camps temporarily built along the way are generally average, but it is precisely because of this kind of average that Bian Bing suffers.
Bian Bing's main business location is wide and flat. There is a certain space whether it is from the mountains and forests or the rock walls, but this section of space happens to give the angle of the crossbow chariot shooting.
There are three ambush sites in the entire mountain road, and each of them has hidden crossbows built on the top of the cliff in advance.
Of course, if the scouts of Cao's army could climb to the top and take a look when facing a rock wall that was nearly 90 degrees, they might have discovered these hidden crossbows. Unfortunately, most of the scouts of Cao's army felt that no one could go up after seeing the stone wall, so they gave up and continued to climb up.
It’s a pity that the mountains are not the same side.
In the middle of the night, the troops who came to attack once again greeted Bian Bing's troops with grenades, reminding the sleeping soldiers of Cao's army to get up and pee...
There is really no way to prevent this kind of sneak attack.
Even if the person is not injured, the roar of gunpowder can scare the soldiers in their sleep. A few times earlier, there were even roars, and more people killed and injured themselves than those who attacked them.
Bian Bing had to stay for two more days before he could eliminate the sequelae of Ying Xiao.
Later on, I gradually got used to it. It was not that the soldiers of the Cao army could sleep in the roar, but that there would be no more whistling. Moreover, the soldiers of the Cao army had summarized their experience. They had to take a nap in the first half of the night and could not sleep. They would mostly come like this in the middle of the night, and then get up and curse. They should line up the array, pee and pee, change the guards to change the post, and then hurry up and sleep halfway...
As the commander of the army, Bian Bing, of course, could not sleep well. He would have to show his face, erect a large flag of the central army, light a torch to light it, so that the soldiers in the Cao army camp could see him, so as to stabilize the morale of the Cao army soldiers. Otherwise, if you whistle again, Bian Bing would not be able to stand it.
Of course there is no mistake in such a move, but what I encountered was the elite scout of the cavalry who did not play according to common sense.
After determining the preset shooting direction, Bian Bing, the scout hiding on the top of the mountain immediately measured the wind speed, and then activated the Ji Ku. Three crossbow guns crossed dozens of feet and headed straight for Bian Bing with a harsh roar.
The direction has been set and the distance has been calculated long ago. The only thing to be adjusted is the current wind power change. After the three crossbow guns were activated, the scout immediately removed the most core button of the crossbow truck, cut off the crossbow string, threw the removed crossbow string button and other buttons into the ravine, and then hung down from the other side along the pre-set rope vine.
The Cao army also had crossbows, and their general structure was similar to those of the cavalry, with only the differences between these fine components. Therefore, at any time, as long as these crossbows and catapults were abandoned, the core components were required to be removed, and those that could not be removed would also need to be destroyed and destroyed on the spot.
Bian Bing is lucky, but also unfortunate.
Fortunately, the crossbow gun roared and did not directly shoot Bian Bing.
Bian Bing's guards discovered the abnormality at the first time. Before he could get rid of Bian Bing, he habitually protected Bian Bing with his body and shield, but the whistling crossbow gun was not something that the shield could resist.
The crossbow gun was like a heavy hammer, easily shattering the guard's shield, and then tearing a doll out of a bloody hole in the chest, and the armor and the big shield were smashed into pieces, and a piece of wood chips happened to hit Bian Bing's eyes!
Blood gushed out, and Bian Bing was swallowed by severe pain in the next moment and fell down straight. When he fell down, he seemed to hear panic screams around him...
After a long pain, I feel numb.
So Bian Bing woke up the next day and found that half of his vision was missing.
For the first time he felt boundless fear.
Bian Bing was not afraid before, whether he was standing on the battlefield or fighting with others, but this time, he was scared. The pain was always reminded him that it almost made him go crazy in pain, but he was also trembling in fear.
"General..." The guard beside him said carefully, "Why... retreat?"
Bian Bing reached out and touched the injured eye, and then screamed in pain.
The structure of the human body is very strange and has many defects. The eyes are one of the congenital defects of the human body when designing it. Because the eyes are organs formed before the human immune system is built, the internal things and the immune organs of the human body are not recognized because they are not registered in the immune system. In this way, when the eyes are injured, the human immune system will not only not help repair, but will also put in insults to swallow the eyes.
Just like a relative of the outside world.
Bian Bing is a foreign relative. If he was other part of the Cao family's political group, then he could retreat now, but he was a foreign relative, nominally belonging to a part of the Cao family group, but his surname was not Cao!
What will happen if a relative who cannot be in power and has no use in the end?
It will be killed by the immune system.
The Han Dynasty's immune system has killed many relatives, and they are very experienced in how to deal with it or from what angle to swallow it. Although Cao Cao is still favored by Mrs. Bian and Mrs. Bian is also good enough to support her, the relatives are still relatives.
The son's surname is Cao, not Bian.
Unlike other ministers, you can choose this or that, Bian has only one choice.
If you want to have your own children of Bian and get a higher position in the future, it will not be possible to rely on Mrs. Bian alone, and Bian Bing also needs to fight for his life!
Blood flowed down his cheeks, and Bian Bing gritted his teeth and stood up.
『March!』
Bian Bing roared in a hoarse voice and growled like a wounded beast.
"Even if you die, you will die under Huguan City!"
Chapter completed!