Just as the Wu generals were hurriedly making plans, the Han army was unwilling to stand still and soon launched an attack from the right wing.
The reason why the Han army sent out the right army first is that Guo Huai led the elite Beifu soldiers on the right, and Wang Ling in the middle led the Dongfu soldiers, who may be slightly inferior to Wang Ling in terms of combat power; secondly, he wanted Lu Meng to be in charge of the central army. The subordinates must all be elites, and Zhu Ran has not had any classic battles in the Wu army, and he is also a young man, so it is better to focus on it from here. After quickly defeating the Wu army's left wing, they then used the right wing as a hammer to rotate inward, opened the left wing as an anvil, and crushed the Wu army to pieces.
The right army of the Han army is dominated by infantry. The soldiers in the center and in the front are wearing thick armor, wearing iron pockets to block arrows, holding long spears and carrying knives on their backs, which are used for charging forward; the soldiers on both sides and behind are wearing leather. Armor, wearing leather boots and holding a bow and arrow, used archery to stop the Wu army from charging down the mountain. Guo Huai left Wen Hui in the formation to wave the yellow flag and supervise the battle. The other generals around him, such as Linghu Hua, Wang Ji and others, led their troops to charge forward.
About 10,000 Han troops poured out together, swarming like ants towards the hillock occupied by the Wu people. The army attacked, but no one was making any noise. They could only hear the sound of leather boots stepping on the ground, and the sounds of armor and weapons clashing one after another. Based on this, it can be determined that the Han army that attacked was by no means a mob, but an elite division that was well-trained in peacetime.
When the Wu army stood on the hill, they saw the Han army rolling up quickly like a huge wave breaking a dike. On the one hand, the sound of gold and iron could be heard endlessly, and the mountaintop at the foot also began to tremble slightly. Sergeant Wu looked solemn and held his weapon motionless. If these people were not the elites carefully selected by Lu Meng, they would have never fought against the Han army before. Seeing this situation, they would have been timid, let alone attack.
The Han army took the initiative to go up the mountain to fight back, which was slightly beyond Lu Meng's expectations. Seeing that the morale of the Han army was strong and they were concentrated in the front with heavy armor, the Wu army had no room for maneuver and was unable to fight. So Lü Meng ordered the flag to be raised and the troops to retreat. Retreating troops on the battlefield is extremely risky. If there is no coordination, it may cause chaos or even collapse. The retreat of the Wu army at this time showed Lu Meng's old tricks - the Wu army first sent out a thousand crossbowmen to meet the enemy. Taking advantage of this gap, the army quickly turned around and slowly moved back.
Between the mountain roads, the crossbowmen quickly spread out to occupy a more favorable terrain, and then there was a sudden rain of arrows. The Han army did not expect that the Wu army would dare to respond like this. The general immediately ordered the sergeants to march with their shields raised, and at the same time formed a dense formation, leaving no room for the Wu people's scattering. But as a result, the Han army's speed suddenly slowed down. This deceleration gradually passed backwards, and the huge waves of the Han army's attack seemed to have encountered a dam, piling up and surging together. The armors and weapons of the soldiers collided with each other, making a continuous sound.
However, the Wu army had no intention of facing the Han army head-on, nor did they have the strength. The crossbowmen at the front only had time to fire three rows of arrows before they were forced back by the counterattacking arrows in the Han army's formation. The front line of the Han army pursued forward and soon overwhelmed the Wu crossbowmen who were hit by arrows. As the front team moved forward, the originally dense formation of the Han army was pulled forward and became slightly sparse in the middle. The brigade that was not engaged in the battle followed and moved forward, trying to make up for this gap. However, the Wu crossbowmen did not escape immediately. They quickly stopped and continued to harass the Han army with their powerful crossbows. Fighting and moving like this, the Wu people stretched the Han army to the right. The Han army's front team had climbed to the top of the hill and was bending to the right, while the rear team was still at the foot of the mountain.
The Han army only followed the crossbowmen who drove away the Wu people, and did not notice the whereabouts of the Wu people's rear team who had withdrawn from the battle formation early. To the east of the top of the slope is a gentle downward slope. The continuous wild persimmon forest extends to the foot of the slope, and the elite of the Wu people are waiting for their opportunity in the persimmon forest. When the Han army's military formation was like stretched dough, it was not only sparse, but also had large and small holes that were in danger of breaking apart front and rear. About a thousand Wu infantry rushed out from the persimmon forest and attacked the Han army from east to west. Because there was still fog, the Han army's field of vision was extremely poor, and they did not expect to encounter a flank attack. This caused the Wu people's Euphorbia soldiers to form a column, like a sharp bayonet, cutting into the soft neck of the Han army's formation, and continued to extend westward, with the potential to cut and surround the Han army's front line.
Almost at the same time, the crossbowmen who had been repeatedly entangled with the Han army completely gave up resistance at this time, ran to both sides and dispersed, and soon withdrew from the battle formation and disappeared. The front of the Han army's formation was suddenly replaced by Wu armored warriors, whose formations were densely arranged in several horizontal rows. The soldiers of the Wu army had put on heavy armor and used iron bags to protect their heads. At this time, they were full of energy and morale. They heard a roar that shook the mountains from the Wu formation, and the heavily armored Wu army rushed towards the current Han army.
Sima Niujin of the Han army stayed with Guo Huai of the right army to supervise the formation. From their position, they could not see that the Wu people in front had launched a counterattack, but they had already received the news that the Wu army's Euphorbia soldiers suddenly appeared on the flanks and were crossing the Han formation. Niu Jin hurriedly urged Guo Huai: "The former army put on heavy armor and went up the mountain, and their energy was bound to be exhausted. Now they are intercepted by Wu thieves from behind. If they are attacked by the Wu army in front again, they will definitely go down the mountain with great force. Please send out the cavalry quickly and go up the mountain. , drive away the Wu army!"
Guo Huai was also panicked. Because he was crossing the river to build a camp, most of his cavalry were resting on the west bank. Currently, there are only about 3,000 available knights under his command. Is this really impossible? But he didn't have time to think about it. He hurriedly ordered Niu Jin to go into battle and handed over the remaining reserve cavalry to him. Because the front of the gentle slope was crowded with the infantry of the Han army's right army, Niu Jin's cavalry had to detour to the left and go up the mountain along the center line of the battle between the two armies, trying to finally cut across the Han army's Euphorbia soldiers and defeat them.
The center of the Han army was commanded by Wang Ling. The elite Han soldiers were on the left and right wings, especially on Guo Huai's right wing. There were many soldiers in the center, but their armor was average, so there was no plan to attack. When Guo Huai saw Niu Jin's cavalry go around the middle road to fight up the mountain, he couldn't help but worry. He said to his left and right: "The victory is not decided on the right side. If the Wu people are involved in the battle on the middle road and come down the mountain to fight, how will we deal with it?"
Wang Ling's worries soon became a reality. Soon Wang Ping, the general of the Han army, sent a young knight to report: "The Wu army's central army has sent troops to fight, and our cavalry may not be able to go up the mountain!" Wang Pingyuan was Liu. The general Xie left in his tent was also transferred to Wang Ling's tent. Wang Ling saw that he was a soldier and had rich combat experience, so he ordered him to observe the enemy's situation from a high place.
When Wang Ling heard the visitor's report, he felt unhappy and said to the visitor: "Observe the enemy's situation and tell the truth. It's not up to you to decide whether you can't climb the mountain! You are a young man, what do you know!" He smiled when he saw the visitor. Silently, even though he was only about ten years old, he showed no fear when facing Wang Ling. For some reason, Wang Ling's anger also subsided a lot. He asked the young man: "What is your name and how old are you this year?" The young man cupped his hands and replied: "I am Chen Qian in Guangling, whose courtesy name is Ji Bi. He is nineteen years old. .”
"Oh, Chen Qian." Looking at this young man's appearance, Wang Ling couldn't help but think of how when he was young, he felt a bit like an old superior. He was quite emotional for a moment, but he didn't say anything. He only said to Chen Qian Said: "Go back to General Wang."
Chen Qian quickly leaned over to say goodbye to Wang Ling, and rode back to the formation. He rode his horse closer to Wang Ping, grabbed his bridle, and whispered in a low voice: "General, the defeat of the right wing has been determined. If there is no one in the middle, we will rush down in one fell swoop. We will be unstoppable. The only strategy for now is to be prepared first." , when retreating, go straight to the pontoon, so that the army can avoid a disastrous defeat."
Wang Ping glanced at Chen Qian in great surprise, and then said, "Did General Wang say something to you?" Chen Qian shook his head. Wang Ping thought for a moment, nodded and said, "You are right, then I have nothing else. There’s a way.”
Observing the battle situation ahead, we saw that more than 3,000 Wu soldiers rushed out to block Niu Jin's path. Niu Jin was not willing to be outdone, and the two sides started fighting on the slope. It seemed that the winner could not be determined immediately, but who knew that at this moment, an elephant cry suddenly sounded in mid-air, which made Wang Ping immediately lose his temper. He turned around and saw two figures as huge as hills. . Wu Jun actually transported two elephants to Bagong Mountain!
Except for the Xifu Army, the rest of the Han Army had never seen elephants. At this time, they suddenly saw two monsters appearing on the mountain top, and they suddenly stepped towards the Han cavalry in the fog. They were immediately frightened, especially the war horses, seeing such huge beasts. Later, they also began to scream and commotion, disrupting the rhythm of the Han army's fighting. Wu Jun seized this opportunity and immediately rushed forward to fight with the Han cavalry. The formation was immediately broken into several sections. Although Niu Jin still tried his best to lead the knights to fight bravely, there was no suspense about the outcome now that the formation had been defeated.
Just when Niu Jin's cavalry reinforcements were dispersed by Wu Jun's euphorbias, the Han troops stranded on the top of the slope could not withstand Wu Jun's fierce counterattack. Suddenly, there was a sound like a landslide, and they all turned around and fled. Along the way, it enveloped the Han army behind, forming a more powerful torrent that crashed all the way down. The generals of the Han army could not restrain their troops, but they were driven by the torrent and turned around and fled together. The torrent grew bigger and bigger, rushing through the main formation of Guo Huai, the commander of the right army. At this time, the right arm of the Han army was in disintegration. Commander Guo Huai, deputy generals Wen Hui, Wang Ji and other troops were all trying to escape.
Wang Ling of the Chinese army was close to the mouth of the valley and took the opportunity to retreat. The troops of the right army seized the road and fled. They were blocked at the entrance of the valley and there was no smooth passage. Everyone ran towards the hillsides on both sides and into the valley on the side of the valley entrance. In order to fight for a way to escape, those Han soldiers who were forced to go to roadless cliffs or go down to the cliffs of valleys threw themselves off the cliffs without fighting. Fortunately, Bagong Mountain is not high enough. Although there are countless people who break their legs and feet at this point, the number of people who fall to death is still only a small number. But in this way, Bagong Mountain's defeat is irreversible.
But this does not mean that the entire war is over. After all, the Wu people are not suppressed by the entire army, and the Han army cannot afford to lose a battle. In this situation, the Wu army must try to expand the results in order to be able to defeat the Han army. The army forced them back to Huaibei.
