Three Kingdoms

Although it is faster for Liu Qi, Kuaiqi and others to come by boat than on land, as long as they choose a high mountain near the river, climb up and have a good view, and arrange a few people at the foot of the mountain, and use flags or smoke on the top of the mountain, it will naturally be There is a way to notify the people at the foot of the mountain and quickly report back to the foot of Nanchong City.

Unless Liu Qi and Kuai Qi disembarked from the boat, pushed along the river bank, and then pulled out bit by bit, there would be no way to prevent such outposts from transmitting messages. Of course, the same goes for the outposts set up by Xu Huang. There is no way to do anything to the Jingzhou ships traveling in the river. Apart from reporting the news, I can only watch these ships full of Jingzhou soldiers swaying in and sailing away...

Trebuchet?

This kind of accuracy almost refers to the guy who doesn't hit that place. There must be a relatively wide place, and dense coverage replaces accuracy. Otherwise, having only one or two is just looking at God's favor, which is too unreliable. In addition, when marching to the southwest, they did not bring a large number of craftsmen with the army, let alone Xu Huang's army in Nanchong. They did not have such technology, so even if some locations were indeed good, they could not set up ballistas or catapults. machine to cover the river channel.

Therefore, the place where Xu Huang sent soldiers to intercept the river became the first battlefield where the two sides fought.

Kuai Qi looked coldly at Xu Huang's soldiers' position on the hillside, then estimated the number of soldiers on both sides, and found that they were almost five hundred, so she exhaled and looked at the distance between the two sides, as well as the river bank and the surrounding area. A large wooden fork that blocked part of the river channel was built on one side, like a horse. He suddenly smiled, then called the messenger, released a small boat, turned around, notified Liu Qi's troops behind him, and ordered the troops at the front to let go. A boat of soldiers first docked to form a line, and another boat was sent to the middle of the river, either towed or dragged, and began to clean up the blocking wooden forks that Xu Huang's soldiers had thrown into the river.

Xu Huang frowned.

At the sound of the order, Kuai Qi's soldiers jumped from the boat, stepped on the knee-deep water, and rushed to the shore. They did not rush towards Xu Huang and others who had been waiting for a long time. Instead, they lined up quickly with their backs to the Han River. Behind them, the soldiers on the other three warships threw the anchors off the ship and roughly fixed the hull. They were about thirty steps away from the shore. It could be clearly seen that soldiers began to take up positions beside the ship. It is conceivable that if Xu Huang attacks Kuai Qi's soldiers arrayed on the bank, he will suffer a fatal blow from Kuai Qi's crossbowmen in the river.

"Cunning guy..."

Xu Huang muttered softly.

Xu Huang chose to form an array on the hillside, deliberately leaving the landing area, also to lure Kuai Qi and see if Kuai Qi would be careless and directly land on the beach, then Xu Huang could choose to attack halfway across, or You can use the range of the arrows to get a wave of whoring.

But now Kuai Qi just sent a boat of soldiers to the shore, and then most of the other soldiers were in the river. In turn, he lured Xu Huang, hoping that Xu Huang would break away from the original array on the hillside, march forward, and enter Within the striking range of Kuai Qi's troops.

For Kuai Qi's side who did not have many cavalry, had navy training, and came by boat, because they could put arrows in the cabin, they could carry more arrows than Xu Huang and others. This is an innate advantage, so for Xu Huang, he cannot waste the ammunition of the archers at will. However, Kuai Qi has much more room, and is even willing to shoot with Xu Huang's soldiers, and then if it is delayed until the middle and late stages, etc. Xu Huang's archers have exhausted all their arrows...

"Drum beat!" Xu Huang waved his hand, "Sword and Shield Hand! Move forward slowly!"

Fortunately, Kuai Qi's boats were all modified sterns and did not have tower ships. Naturally, there were no general tower ships equipped with some catapults. Although the crossbows and racquet sticks on the building ships are somewhat worrying in terms of firing rate and accuracy, in fact, the ultimate purpose of these crossbows is not to directly kill, but to quickly demoralize the opponent's soldiers. , after all, everyone will be somewhat afraid of weapons that cannot be defended...

"Ho! Ha!"

Xu Huang took two steps with his sword and shield, and pushed the front line forward a certain distance.

"Stop the sword and shield men! Get ready, the archers!" Xu Huang ordered again. Kuai Qi's array on the shore was about thirty steps away from the soldiers in the river, and this distance was a flaw that Xu Huang could seize.

Amidst the sound of war drums from both sides, arrows shot through the sky, crossed each other, and then poured towards the opponent's head.

Without any additional orders, Zheng Xi's sword and shield men had already raised their shields and pieced together a shield wall. The front row squatted, the back row stood, and the last row placed their shields diagonally on top of them, forming a shield wall as tall as one person with some inward width, completely covering the people behind the shield wall. Soldiers.

The long arrows are like a violent storm. The shield array was continuously beaten, and arrows hit the shield. The sound of "click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click sound by the shield by the arrows. If they are new soldiers who have just entered the battlefield, they will inevitably be panicked and nervous under such a fierce arrow attack, and the shield formation will be a little chaotic. However, the sword and shield bearers in the formation now are all battlefield-experienced soldiers under the Zhengxi banner. They have seen bigger scenes and experienced denser arrow arrays. The shooting density of more than a hundred archers on the shore is like children playing house to them. Although it looks good, in reality Not much effect.

Although Kuai Qi's soldiers in the river also fired arrows, Xu Huang's infantry happened to be near the maximum shooting range. By chance, an arrow hit the shield. However, due to the wind above the Han River, the arrow When it fell, the angle was wrong, as if it was shot horizontally more than hit, not to mention it had any lethality.

After several rounds of exchanges between the two sides, Kuai Qi's soldiers on the shore suffered obvious casualties, and the array began to become a little loose. However, Xu Huang still did not order an attack, but slightly slowed down the frequency of the soldiers shooting bows and arrows.

Xu Huang calmly watched the battle at the foot of the hillside, and also saw that Kuai Qi was still on the warship. It was not clear that he had any intention of getting off the ship for the time being. This meant that the current battles were just appetizers, and the real relationship between the two sides was The contest is far from over yet...

Xu Huang didn't believe that Kuai Qi would only send such a small group of people to break the formation, nor did he believe that Kuai Qi only had five warships here. This guy must have some other arrangements, but Xu Huang didn't know yet. What other arrangements does Kuai Qi and others have? After all, among the mountains and rivers of Sichuan and Sichuan, even though there are sentries posted on some hills, it is not easy to keep an eye on the entire area. Therefore, to detect the opponent's movements, Not only does it take time, it also takes luck.

Everyone has a plan, it's just a matter of seeing whose plan is more comprehensive and practical.

General Zhengxi did a good job in intelligence, so Xu Huang knew that Liu Qi and Kuai Qi were not very worthy of attention in front of the formation, so he didn't have to worry too much about a formation-breaking general suddenly coming from the side. From another perspective, Liu Qi and Kuai Qi did not understand Xu Huang, which left Xu Huang with a certain amount of room for maneuver.

Of course, we have to prepare for the worst. If it doesn't work, we can give up intercepting the river for the time being, and then retreat to Nanchong. As long as we maintain control of Nanchong...

Xu Huang turned his eyes and seemed to have thought of something. He didn't know if his guess about Kuai Qi and Liu Qi was correct, or how much error there was, but judging from the current situation, it seemed that this guy was really planning to do this?

If he had not followed General Zhengxi, or had not gone through those glorious or shameful tactical discussions at the Martial Arts Hall, Xu Huang might not have been able to detect the current battlefield. In other words, any general who wanted to Growth is impossible without a long period of self-reflection and constant thinking.

Before Xu Huang, it can be said that he was a general who fought fiercely in front of the battle. In order to pursue victory at every stage, he would not hesitate to sacrifice the lives of his soldiers and fight fiercely. Although he would defeat his opponent at some stages, it was actually very easy. Excessive battle losses will lead to a decline in sustained combat capabilities, which will easily lead to a shortening of the overall combat time of the unit, and will require longer training of new recruits and replenishment of combat power.

For example, in the previous confrontation between Xu Huang and Sima Yi, both sides had the same strength. As long as the number of soldiers was enough to offset Xu Huang's personal force, Sima Yi would definitely win in the end. Because Sima Yi was able to delay, even if Xu Huang might win some local victories, in terms of overall battle losses and casualties, Sima Yi, who was good at defense, would naturally have an advantage, and he would slowly take the initiative on the entire battlefield.

Now, after experiencing precipitation and reflection, Xu Huang not only knows how to advance, but also learns how to retreat.

Seeing that his troops were occupying the top, Xu Huang not only did not order to move forward to squeeze and attack Kuai Qi's troops on the river bank, but instead ordered them to shrink back and appear ready to evacuate.

"Boom, rumble..."

Kuai Qi's troops in the Hanshui River saw Xu Huang's posture as if he was preparing to evacuate. Instead of breaking away from the battle and picking up the soldiers who were seriously injured on the river bank, Lei sounded the war drums and pulled up the anchor. They began to approach the shore, seeming to be preparing to all go ashore to pursue Xu Huang.

"Haha..." Xu Huang's eyes turned cold, "Sure enough..."

The ability to interpret the battlefield is a skill that Fei Qian, the general of Zhengxi, has always emphasized to his generals. Xu Huang naturally learned some of it.

It is not that knowing how to use a spear to fight against a cavalry, using a sword and shield hand to fight against an archer, etc., is called understanding the battlefield, but it requires more and stronger observation and reasoning abilities.

Just like now, Xu Huang withdrew his soldiers, which was tantamount to indicating that he would give up the protection of the interception equipment that was less than half laid on the river. If the goal of Kuai Qi and others was only to intercept the interception equipment on these rivers, then Kuai Qi will naturally take advantage of the situation to withdraw his troops, and then try his best to clear the intercepting objects on the river, and then he can move forward smoothly.

However, Kuai Qi did not choose such a relatively safe plan. Instead, he ordered the ships to dock and reinforce the soldiers who came ashore first, pretending to want to compete with Xu Huang. Such behavior, What does it mean?

If you don’t know how to interpret the entire battlefield and only focus on a small area in front of you, then naturally you will shout, come on, let’s have a good fight, etc. But if you focus on a higher level, from By inferring Kuai Qi's intentions behind his actions, it is natural to make some conclusions...

Xu Huang and others retreated slowly, giving up a large area at the foot of the mountain, and began to gather up the hillside. It seemed that they were retreating regardless of Kuai Qi's soldiers.

Kuai Qi's Jingzhou soldiers completed their formation amid the sound of war drums, and then eagerly began to advance forward, with one team in front and two teams behind, forming a triangular attack formation. They were not walking slowly, but every twenty steps they would stop to reorganize their formation before continuing forward. Although they were chasing in a hurry, their formation was not chaotic.

"Boom, boom, rumble..."

The sound of war drums became louder and louder. Kuai Qi put on an aggressive posture and pressed towards Xu Huang's position. Every time the Jingzhou soldiers stopped to organize their formation, they would slap their shields, knock on the ground, and roar. Their momentum was also quite tyrannical. .

Although Xu Huang generally guessed what tricks Kuai Qi wanted to do, not everyone may be clear about the soldiers Xu Huang brought. Therefore, after seeing the Jingzhou soldiers pressing forward step by step, , stimulated by the opponent's momentum, there were some subtle changes. The shield hand held the sword tightly, and the spearman also tightened the barrel of the gun. It was obvious that the arms were a little stronger, not because of fear, but because of the impact of the opponent's war drums and soldiers. The influence made me quite eager to try, ready to make a move, seeing the excitement of my opponent...

"Drum beat!" Xu Shu frowned slightly and shouted, "Hold on!" Since we are chasing so closely, let's stop fighting. Who will have the last laugh, we don’t know yet? With this little plot, you want to calculate it with someone?

"Dong, dong, dong..." The steady sound of war drums rippled like water waves, impacting the ears of every soldier and calming their anxiety and impulse. The junior non-commissioned officers in the forward command yelled almost at the same time: "You bastard! Take a deep breath, don't worry! We're all stable!"

Xu Huang's soldiers stopped, took a few breaths, slowly relaxed, and quietly watched the Jingzhou soldiers approaching step by step, and then quietly waited for the battle to begin and the moment of fighting.

The Jingzhou soldiers arrived at the foot of the hillside and formed an attack pattern in layers. The soldiers at the forefront were only about thirty steps away from Xu Huang's front-line swordsmen and shieldmen. A short sprint could directly lead them to the front with cold weapons. The fighting distance, at this distance, both sides can see each other's face clearly, and even with good eyesight, they can even see a few nose hairs of the other side sticking out...

Xu Huang stepped forward, not holding his battle axe, but a battle knife, and patted the shoulder of the sword and shield man in the front row. The sword and shield man understood, and tilted his shield to make way for Xu Huang.

Xu Huang took a step forward, revealed his body, raised his sword, pointed at Kuai Qi's flag by the river, and then said in a frivolous voice: "Idiot, let's fight!"

"Come to fight! Come to fight!" Xu Huang's soldiers roared loudly, and their fighting spirit boiled for a while, "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

"You are the idiot, you fell into the trap..." Kuai Qi, who was watching the battle on the riverside boat, heard Xu Huang's provocation and became a little angry. She sneered and then shouted, "Send the order! Attack!"