When they were still ten miles away from the Han army, the forward Qi Han knights began to eat hastily. Because they were afraid of lighting a fire and attracting attention, they ate cold dry food. While the soldiers were eating, the slave soldiers also hurriedly cut grain and grass to feed the horses, tied the horses' hooves with cowhide, and wrapped the stomachs and placed them on the slave horses.
After eating for two consecutive days, everyone exhaled milky white heat and felt full of strength. Although their mounts were covered with autumn fat, the soldiers still cherished their horse power. They only wore bridles on the horses along the way, threw saddles and other items on the horses, and held the reins with one foot deep and one foot shallow. , walking through the mountain roads.
After they completely walked out of the mountain road and saw an open wilderness in front of them, they stopped and began to put on armor and armor on their horses. Slowly, the officers at the front began to line up nervously, and the soldiers who knew that the battle was about to begin couldn't help but start to tremble with excitement or fear. Veterans who have experienced battles comforted the recruits by saying: "Hold the handle of the sword firmly, and after this battle, there will be no more big battles."
When the Qi and Han sergeants just came out of the mountain, the Han army's reconnaissance cavalry already knew about it.
After Zhang Fei's attack, the Han army set up a dozen reconnaissance sentries on the back of the cliff at the foot of the mountain. These scouts carried enough dry food for seven days, wrapped in sheepskin, and pressed a layer of withered grass on the sheepskin, waiting in the wilderness during autumn and winter. The horses were tied up in a stream not far from them.
As a result, when the sound of Qi Ren's horse hooves was still echoing in the mountains and fields, the famous scout reacted. He raised his head and looked up, and saw several fire dragons swaying in the mountains and forests from a distance. They immediately rolled out of the woods and headed towards the horses. Run.
It was just that he had been lying on the ground for too long, making it difficult for the scout to move, and his joints seemed to be frozen. When he mounted the horse, he accidentally pressed the horse, causing the horse to neigh, and even the people on the mountain heard it. Some people thought it was an illusion, but Song Pinghan, the military commander in charge of the vanguard, was very vigilant. He personally led people to search at the foot of the mountain. When he saw a pile of scattered withered grass, he secretly screamed. While urging the troops to speed up, he headed towards Yanzhou. Mu Zhangfang sent a message.
Not long after, Zhang Fang wrote back, saying that he had urged the rear troops to hurry up, but now there was no time to wait, so he ordered the forward troops to reorganize their ranks and attack the camp directly.
Song Pinghan understood what he meant: at this point, it was no longer possible to retreat. They can only run faster and faster. They can take the lead in attacking before the enemy is ready and drive the enemy into Surabaya. Only then can they seize the chance of survival.
So they accelerated forward and stopped three miles away from the Han camp.
The night was still dark and the wind became more violent. Wherever it passed, there was flying loess, raising gray-yellow dust barriers and sweeping into the Qi and Han cavalry forming several columns. The men and horses of Qi and Han were already wearing armor. After being hit by the strong wind, their flags were curled up and their armor was crooked, and they no longer lined up. The wind was so strong that people couldn't open their eyes at all, so they could only keep calming the anxious horses and wait for the rear team to catch up.
When the wind calmed down a bit and the 20,000 knights in the van had arrived, Zhang Fang ordered them to line up. They were a mixture of the Heishan Army, Baibo Army, and Gengcang Army. They came from all over the world and spoke different languages. However, after receiving the order, everyone lined up solemnly. According to the pre-war arrangement, the cavalry was quickly divided into six teams.
The first team was four thousand light cavalry, led by Yang Feng, the captain of the Black Mountain School, with Li Feiyan as deputy general.
The second team consisted of four thousand armored cavalry, led by former general He Yi, with Guo Xiaoxian as deputy general.
The third team is a thousand cavalry, led by Dingyuan General Gong Du, with Yang Baique as deputy general.
The fourth team is Zhang Fang's main formation, which leads 6,000 fast cavalry and has Song Pinghan as its deputy.
The fifth team and the sixth team each had 3,000 men, led by the great Dan Yu Dugu Qubei and his son Dugu Mengxun respectively. Both were trained in Xiongnu warfare as a cover.
This is the whole essence of Qihan. After the formation was completed, Zhang Fang looked out under the torches in the dark night. Only the vast crowds in the front and rear formations were looking to the west. What mood did they have? Zhang Fang didn't know, he only knew that his blood was jumping even more excitedly in the cold wind. There was only one thought running through my mind: Where to attack?
At this time, the scouts in front reported back that the enemy was moving troops back and forth in the camp, and they were obviously on guard. But two miles to the north, he saw the Flying Tiger Flag and many soldiers walking around. Maybe that was the main camp of the puppet general Liu Bei!
The first news made Zhang Fang a little disappointed, but the latter news immediately cheered him up. He asked several times, and after confirming that it was correct, he said excitedly: "Okay! Okay!". In this way, the direction of the cavalry's attack was completely clear: if they could knock down that flag, it would mean that the Qi and Han Dynasties were reborn from the ashes after the Linzi Rebellion. If they were defeated here, the countdown to the downfall of Qi and Han would begin.
Zhang Fang then informed each team of the main attack direction, and all the generals had no objections after learning.
Before blowing the horn, Yang Feng, the leader of the first team, ordered his knights to say: "There is honor in death, but no shame in life."
Then there was a sharp sound, the bugle blared, like an unsheathed sword cutting through the roar of the cold wind, thousands of troops and horses roared in filial piety, the first team broke away from the formation and galloped away in the direction of the banner as planned.
I don’t know when it was, but the dust became lighter and the sound of wind raging in my ears gradually disappeared. In the darkness surrounding him, dimness slowly began to appear. Looking up at the sky, the clear blue sky is visible. At dawn, Yang Feng saw that the sky in the west was still dark, and only the torches in the Han army's camp were dancing in his eyes. But in the eyes of the Han army, behind these moth thieves, the broad clouds in the sky reflected a blood-red color.
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Gradually, the Han camp got closer and closer. The forward Qingqiu took out his bow and arrows on his horse and prepared them calmly. The horses slowed down, and when they got close to the arrow range, they did not nock an arrow and shoot from a long distance, but paused slightly. As expected, the camp opposite could not hold back and threw out a shower of arrows. But in the dark night, many shots were shot in the air. After a wave of shooting, they had to pause for a while to get arrows and shoot again.
In this gap, the follow-up light cavalry of the first team broke into the arrow range and fired back at the Han camp. The firelight and hazy figures in the Han camp became the best guides. They had many hits. It's a pity that the Han soldiers here are all the elites of Jinyang Bafu, wearing the best armor and stomach. Although the rain of arrows makes them unable to lift their heads, it can't cause many casualties.
But that was enough. The first team of Qingqi seized the opportunity and took advantage of the situation to divide into two waves and take turns firing arrows at the Han camp. Within three-quarters of an hour, the antlers and ravines of the Han camp were clearly visible in Yang Feng's eyes. Yang Feng looked around and wondered whether it was due to luck. The enemy troops here were a little immature and the fortifications were not very careful. The trench in front of the antlers is only two feet deep and wide, and the watchtowers between the camps are a hundred feet apart, so they are not densely packed. It is a perfect place to break camp.
With this thought in mind, he ordered his men to move forward and try to pull out the antlers and open the gap between the camps. But the Han soldiers kept using long thorns in the gaps between the antlers, and it was difficult for Yang Feng to break through. But he was not panicked. He was fully prepared to attack the camp this time. He just heard him shout loudly: "Feiyan!" Li Feiyan immediately led twenty warriors forward. However, these twenty warriors were different. They were tall and strong. They were all eight feet tall and wore thick armor covered with two layers of cowhide, as if they were giant beasts that preyed on people. What was even more shocking was the long-handled ax in their hands.
The twenty people approached the Han camp under the hood, and the cold light of the axes came one after another, and then there was a thunderous sound of the wooden fence breaking. These antlers could not support the momentum of the axe, and fell straight into the Han camp, causing smoke and dust all over the ground. Even some of the Han soldiers who had experienced battles saw such a momentum for the first time, and they couldn't help but stand there in shock. Don't know what to do.
But Yang Feng would not be stunned. He said loudly to the soldiers: "Comrades! Have you seen the big flag in the north? Keep moving forward there and rush under the flag! The thieves will raze this formation to the ground. !”
Then there were loud trumpet sounds, which even drowned out the sound of drums in the Han military camp. Four thousand Qingqi rushed into the gap like a raging wave. They would beat back and forth at the gap, tearing it into ulcers of the Han army.
But it was Taishi Ci's subordinate who stood upright and faced this raging wave. Seeing the opponent sweeping in with overwhelming momentum, he knew that this was still not the time to defeat him, so he led the army back slightly to show weakness. Yang Feng was overjoyed when he saw this, and wanted to take advantage of the situation and drive them to the edge of the Surabaya River to make them rout.
In the chaos, most of the cavalry entered the Han camp. The antlers and wooden fences were trampled by the horses' hooves and became unrecognizable.
At this time, former general He Yi noticed something was wrong. Seeing that Yang Feng was unstoppable, he immediately led the second team to make up for it. However, when chasing the forward, without any prior warning, the soldiers found that there seemed to be a black shadow shaking in the south, as if a cavalry team was running down from the south, so the ground also began to There is a slight jitter.
Experienced knights all understand that this is the sound of a large group of horseshoes on the ground at the base of the tower. But if you listen carefully, there are no trumpets, no drums, and no flag-raising shouts from the south. Looking up into the distance, when the east and west are dimming, the sky is filled with colorful clouds in the east, and the horizon is sensitive and indistinguishable. But after a while, the shaking of the ground was extremely strong, like a giant rising from the river, raising his hands to shake the wilderness, it really felt like the earth was shaking and the mountains were shaking; the sound of the enemy's armored weapons hitting each other was loud, as if they were in front of them. Same.
He Yi could not help shouting: "Turn to the south! There is an attack on the flank!" But the cavalry was flying like the wind, so turning was not easy? The second team had just the slightest sign of turning when they heard a crisp sound, followed by noisy shouts as people in the middle were overturned and fell to the ground in panic.
This surprise attack caused He Yibu to be cut off at the waist. He was unable to communicate with the front and back, and could only watch the Han knights galloping back and forth. After a while, someone finally saw the banner of the Han army knights. The writing on the banner looked dim in the morning glow, but in the end they were recognized.
It is Guan Yu’s Cangdi Guanzi flag.
