Chen Gong's plan deceived everyone.
The Chu army assembled an army of 150,000 people and marched north from Chujing to Fancheng. They were so powerful that they covered the sky with war flags, showing that they would mobilize the whole country to aid Wei.
Originally, Sun Ce was worried that the Chu State would take the opportunity to attack Soochow, and ordered Zhou Yu to defend in the north of Pengze Lake. This place could not only guard against the Chu army, but also attack Yuzhou and other places north. Zhou Yu led the army to wait for the opportunity again.
After Cao Pi learned of Chu's actions, he was relieved, and the army set off to kill Xuzhou.
At the same time, the five troops of Jing's army set off in advance quietly. Because the grand military parade strategy did not work, Wei already had enough defenses, so it could only rely on speed to achieve a blitzkrieg.
The second army, led by Zhang Ren, arrived at the north bank of the Yellow River as quickly as possible.
Zhang Xiu issued flexible combat instructions to the six armies. The commanders of each arm could give them the initiative depending on the battlefield situation. They could not delay the battle by requesting orders. They only needed to report the whereabouts and combat status of each arm at any time.
So after Zhang Ren arrived at the bank of the Yellow River, he ordered the army to rest quickly and let the artillery battalion begin to deploy artillery on the bank of the Yellow River. At the same time, he hid the wooden boats that had been prepared and prepared to use the artillery and Kecheng heavy crossbows tonight. , forced to cross the Yellow River.
"In this battle, Wei will be destroyed!"
Yan Yan sighed as he looked at the artillery battalion and the chariot battalion where the artillery was being deployed. The foundation of the Wei Dynasty that Cao Cao worked hard to build was about to be destroyed by Jingguo's artillery.
Zhang Ren smiled: "It is destiny, why should General Yan sigh!"
Yan Yan: "The emperor serves the people and the country. It is natural to say that the people's aspirations and the general trend will prevail. It's just that when we think back to the strength of Wei State in those days, compared with today's decline, it makes people full of emotions!"
Zhang Ren: "This is what the emperor said: Worry first when the world is worried, then rejoice when the world is happy! Because of this, I, Dajing, can become stronger and stronger, annexing the three kingdoms and unifying the world."
Yan Yan nodded undeniably.
…
When midnight.
The Jingjun soldiers and horses of the second team, under the leadership of Zhang Ren, were in full formation. The artillery battalion and the chariot battalion were ready to go, waiting for the order to start the war.
Pang Tong said: "Let's start!"
Zhang Ren nodded and ordered: "The artillery camp, vehicle camp, and barracks are ready—release!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The three artillery pieces made a loud noise almost at the same time, fire snakes sprayed out, and three artillery shells flew towards the other side of the Yellow River.
at the same time.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Countless arrows from the heavy crossbows roared away, blocking the sky and the sun. Artillery fire and arrows roared over the Yellow River, seeming to submerge the other bank.
The Wei defense line was established on the south bank of the Yellow River. They had already prepared for Jingguo's Kecheng heavy crossbow. They had thickened and reinforced the front line of defense to ensure that the Kecheng heavy crossbow could not penetrate the thick wall. However, there was no way to predict it. It turned out that Jingguo actually had such a thing as artillery, and three artillery pieces exploded directly on the outer wall.
Three deafening roars bombarded the earth wall in front of the Wei army. The thick earth wall was instantly exploded, and pieces of earth flew everywhere. The soldiers of Wei had never seen such a battle before, and their faces turned pale with fear. They looked at what was happening in front of them with horrified eyes. With such power, they had only seen rolling thunder in the sky.
Along with the artillery, arrows from Kecheng's heavy crossbow shot in mercilessly from the blasted gap.
Without the protection of the earthen wall, the Wei army was shot through by arrows shot in the darkness. For a while, screams continued one after another in the Wei army camp. The general defending this front is Cao Chun.
Cao Chun is the younger brother of Cao Ren. He followed his brother to follow Cao Cao during Dong Zhuo's rebellion. He is one of the important generals of Cao Wei.
At this moment, Cao Chun was also stunned by Jingjun's artillery.
When countless heavy crossbow arrows were fired at the city, countless Wei troops were shot through, and screams continued, he woke up and hurriedly ordered the army to prepare to fire arrows to counterattack. At this gap, Jing Jun's second round The artillery was aimed at the direction of the Wei army's ballista.
After three roars, only twenty of the Wei army's fifty ballistae were left, and the others had turned into sawdust.
"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow quickly!"
Cao Chun became anxious and went to the ballista to supervise the battle, because at this time, Jing's army was already driving a wooden boat to kill them quickly.
The front of the Jingjun's wooden ship was built with thick wooden boards and a layer of iron sheet to guard against the arrows of the Wei army. When the Wei army began to counterattack, countless arrows were fired and intercepted, but many Jing soldiers were still shot and fell into the roaring Yellow River.
Cao Chun received the fatal order to hold the defensive line for a month.
Who would have thought that the Jing army had such powerful equipment. Three artillery pieces spit out flames, and the shells exploded on the shore. The defense line was blown apart and exposed to the arrow peaks of Kecheng's heavy crossbows. But no matter what, this line of defense fought to the death. Also keep it.
Cao Chun organized his troops to guard the front line of the defense line, and cooperated with his archers and crossbowmen. All approaching warships had to shoot from all sides. Obviously, the Wei army was also fully prepared, with enough arrows to force them to fight against artillery fire and heavy fire. Under the arrow, Jing's army was blocked on the south bank.
It's just that they didn't expect it.
Such a fierce attack here was just to attract all the attention of the Wei army. According to this, in a rather dangerous section of the river ten miles away, five thousand Jing troops, led by Yan Yan, secretly prepared to cross the river in the dark.
Cao Chun's Yellow River defense line was ten miles long, but Zhang Ren only had three artillery pieces and thirty city-defeating heavy crossbows. They were scattered across a ten-mile battle line and could not defeat the enemy in one blow. So Pang Tong sacrificed and defeated the enemy in one blow. Three artillery pieces and all the Kecheng heavy crossbows gathered together to attack fiercely, which made Cao Chun mistakenly believe that it was an active direction. He then sent his deputy Yan Yan to lead 5,000 cavalry and took advantage of the chaos of war to cross the river from the upper reaches.
This method really works.
The Jing army's attack was sudden and violent, and coupled with the assistance of advanced firearms, the cover attack was about to become the main attack, and they almost broke through the Wei army's forward defense line and landed. Such a violent attack made Cao Chun unable to make correct judgments in a hurry, and his only idea was to hold the line of defense at all costs.
So troops and arrows from other places were mobilized for support.
And this was exactly the result Jingjun wanted.
The horses were covered with hoofs, and under the cover of the artillery fire below, they secretly slid over in a warship. The entire warship was wrapped in black cloth, blending in with the night, and only the sound of water flowing past could be heard.
Yan Yan stared at the other side with bated breath.
There were a few soldiers patrolling the defense line holding torches, but their eyes were not on the other side and the river, but on the fierce battle below. It was the first time they heard the sound of artillery and saw it, and they looked up with great curiosity. .
"superior!"
After the warship approached the shore, Yan Yan saw the opportunity and ordered the army to land. The river bank here is more than ten feet higher than the river bed. It is a vertical cliff with Wei troops patrolling above. There is only a gentle slope one mile in front, but there are Wei troops guarding it, and the war horses dare not move at all unless the Wei troops above are killed first.
