Three Kingdoms

There was some mist in the morning.

Surrounding the north of Xiangyang is a stretching camp.

The surging Han River has somewhat washed away some of the smoke and blood that filled the vicinity of Xiangyang. After the defeat of Ganning, Xiangyang City lost the protection of the Han River, and only the shell of the city wall remained.

After days of fighting, the area around Hanshui in Xiangyang was covered with various traces left over from the battle, including but not limited to corpses of various forms, as well as broken flags, broken arrows, coagulated blood, and charred corpses. The equipment, the entire battlefield, was extremely brutal, and it really taught the people of Jingzhou, who had rarely experienced battles, a real lesson.

Occasionally, a team of more than ten people will come out of the camp and patrol the battlefield. Usually these people are searching for the remains of their comrades, and they will also pick up some useful artifacts. Of course, most of the time they will not. Finding something good, but occasionally getting a small gain, is the small happiness between life and death for these people on the battlefield.

The two sides have temporarily ceased fighting, but on the top of Xiangyang City, the figures are still shaking, looking a little scared.

In recent years, Cao's army has conquered cities and territories in the south and north, mainly relying on infantry. It has rich experience in siege warfare, which the Jingzhou soldiers did not expect.

In the previous five days, Cao Jun, commanded by Xiahou Dun, launched an attack from two fronts. The offensive was like a tide, and there seemed to be no time to stop. In addition, the combat effectiveness of Cao Jun's soldiers was generally better than that of Jingzhou soldiers. , if Wenpin on the city wall had not resisted desperately, the war preparations in Xiangyang City were indeed relatively sufficient, and I am afraid it would not have been captured by Cao's soldiers long ago.

It is precisely because of seeing the power of Cao Jun's soldiers that even if Cao Jun does not attack for the time being, the soldiers at the top of Xiangyang City do not dare to relax, for fear that in the next moment, Cao Jun will roar and launch a new wave of offensive...

Although Wenpin was tired, he still patrolled the city. Compared with Cao Jun's offensive outside the city, he was more worried about the soldiers inside the city and the morale of the people.

Morale, an invisible and intangible thing, greatly affects the success or failure of cold weapon battles. The strong strength displayed by Cao Jun caused the original morale in Xiangyang City to be rapidly consumed.

Wenpin couldn't help but look up at the city gate tower.

Liu Cong, who was in the city gate tower, barely showed his face on the first day of Cao Jun's attack, and then never showed his face again.

Are you afraid?

Wenpin can understand, but understanding does not mean support.

Ordinary people can be afraid, fearful, or even hate war, but now as Liu Cong, as the heir, as the heir to Jingzhou's great cause, if he does not stand up when he should stand up, then in the future...

The reason why Liu Biao specifically placed Liu Cong here, in Wenpin's view, was naturally to force Liu Cong to grow up as quickly as possible. However, in such situations, sometimes there is indeed an epiphany, and sometimes it is just pulling the plug.

Wenpin lowered his eyes and continued to move forward, but in his heart, he didn't know how far he could go on this road.

The war is fierce and the war is dangerous. The Jingzhou natives in Xiangyang City have finally lost their thoughts on drinking wine and singing coloratura. Every household has fallen into panic. Faced with the unknown future, it is inevitable that a kind of feeling rises from their hearts. The emotion of fear then gave birth to something else.

Historically, before the Battle of Chibi, most of the Jingzhou natives behaved aloof from the world, acting like reclusive masters. They often gathered to drink and sing, looked down upon Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and did not have much favorable impressions of Cao Cao. . Fishing in coir raincoats, bamboo horses and lone boats seems like a paradise.

But now, what appears in Xiangyang City is another kind of ecological environment.

The streets above were basically temporarily requisitioned by the war. Soldiers sitting or lying down, various instruments horizontally or vertically, or complete or incomplete weapons and armors, all were filled with the smell of blood and sweat, as well as the smell of dust and earth. The rotten and suppurating smell of death in the wound is like a beggar’s camp. How does it look like the Jingchu Cultural Holy Land in the past?

The houses near the city wall were demolished, one to replenish the consumption of rolling stones and wood, and the other to facilitate the gathering of troops. Many ordinary civilians were forced to become wartime laborers, responsible for carrying materials and equipment. Some people with certain identities are like being in jail, unable to travel easily. Of course, even if they can travel, they can't go anywhere.

When the war has not come, everyone is fearless. They pat their chests to show that war is nothing. I am full of courage! If I really go to the battlefield, I will have no ambiguity about how to kill everyone. But when I really see the war, those guys who always say "I" in words and pat their chests in deeds all seem to have too much bile. Like jaundice, he shrank his neck like a frightened quail, hiding his head under his armpits and shivering.

In such an environment, some people gathered secretly and started some conversations.

"Keeping one's health and losing one's life without regrets is the beginning of the king's way... Now, haha, where can one keep one's health?" hehe……"

"Maybe there should be an argument, "It's not me, it's a soldier." Hum..."

"Those who drove the people for Tang and Wu were Jie and Zhou..."

"How about now?" 』

"The people are the most valuable, the country is the second most important, and the king is the most important." Therefore, the people of Qiu became the emperor, the emperor became the princes, and the princes became the officials. If the princes endanger the country..."

"Hmph..."

"hehe……"

"嘁嘁……"

"Chacha..."

In the dark room, vague lights and shadows swayed. Although they were speaking human words, they looked like ghosts.

……U·ェ·*U……

Changbanpo, Dangyang Bridge.

If Mr. Luo hadn't been so eloquent about this, he might not have gained much fame.

After Jiangdong Pan Zhang captured Maicheng, the Jingzhou soldiers who were originally in Nanjun fled north, and learned that Cao Jun had besieged Xiangyang. Jiangdong naturally took over various places in Jingzhou Nanjun and began to search for them.

Changbanpo is the north-south passage, and it is an area that must be passed through when transporting from the surrounding area, so there are naturally Jiangdong soldiers and horses stationed there. The main general is Pan Zhang's Sima and Ma Zhong.

Ma Zhong was originally a hunter in the mountains. Apart from anything else, his archery skills were pretty good. Since he followed Pan Zhang north to Jingzhou, he had naturally gained a lot of benefits, but he couldn't help but feel a little anxious these days.

Jingzhou has good water and soil, a large population, a lot of pigs, sheep, dogs, and chickens, and a dazzling array of all kinds of supplies, large and small. Once you start to plunder them, you feel that they are all indispensable, and they all need to be transported back to Jiangdong. In this way, Come on, there is naturally a problem with manpower and transportation capacity.

On the Changban slope in Dangyang, there is a gathering of hedgehogs, which is so blocked that convoys coming from various places do not give way to each other, and everyone has to pass first. The captains and captains of the transfer army who led the auxiliary soldiers and civilians seized Ma Zhong and quarreled around him. Everyone expressed their intention to pass through here as quickly as possible, but even Ma Zhong had four heads and eight heads. With only one hand, he can coordinate effectively, but how can he generate enough chariots and horses out of thin air to transport so many things in a short time?

Some have to travel by water, some have to travel by land, and ships, mules and horses need to be deployed. In addition, Ma Zhong is from a lower background, and these guys who plunder resources from Jiangdong may not necessarily have higher positions than Ma Zhong, but they are more or less the same as Ma Zhong. The Jiangdong family had some connections, and they naturally treated Ma Zhong without courtesy. Sometimes Ma Zhong had to hold back his anger, nodding and bending to reconcile. All day long, he dealt with these trivial matters. But I couldn't get angry, I could only hold it in, not to mention how depressed I was.

They all came from a humble background, but Pan Zhang could not give face to the Jiangdong family, but he, Ma Zhong, could not. The reason is very simple. If you don't understand it, I'm afraid you don't have to hang out in Jiangdong.

In some people's minds, there are two types of people in the world that are most annoying, one is those who don't line up properly and jump in line randomly, and the other is those who don't let me jump in line when I want to.

Therefore, after Ma Zhong was accommodating, he found that not only did he fail to solve the problem, but it caused more problems, and these problems conflicted with each other and even became more complicated. Ma Zhong, who had been running back and forth all day, finally waited until dusk, and the transportation work came to an end. He felt as if he was stepping on cotton under his feet, and he was swaying softly. He couldn't help but curse in his heart, "This is so fucking bad." Tired from going into battle! 』

Just when Ma Zhong couldn't hold it any longer and was about to go back and have a good sleep, he suddenly felt the ground shaking. At first, Ma Zhong thought he was tired, but when he saw the surrounding soldiers, they all turned pale and stared. When he was on the ground, he suddenly realized and shouted, "It's the cavalry!" Enemy attack! Enemy attack! 』

There are not many cavalrymen in Jiangdong, so who else can come? It must be the enemy!

In the dim sky, groups of cavalry figures suddenly appeared in the distance, filling the entire sight. Needless to say, these cavalrymen also wrapped cloth on their horses' hooves, and when they approached Changbanpo, they suddenly launched a surprise attack!

When Ma Zhong discovered these cavalry, Cao's cavalry who suddenly appeared on Changban Slope had already raised their horses to the highest speed, holding their long swords high, waving their swords, and ran towards Ma Zhong's temporary camp!

The screams came one after another: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! Cao Jun! It's Cao Jun! ! 』

Everyone in Jiangdong who was resting in the camp was alarmed and rushed out without thinking. Some remembered to take swords and guns, while others rushed out empty-handed. As a result, they ran back halfway and then met with the soldiers behind them. They collided together and rolled around on the ground.

No one thought that Cao Cao's army would appear here. Whether it was Pan Zhang, Ma Zhong, or other Jiangdong generals, they all thought that Cao Cao must conquer Xiangyang first before he could go south. When would he see Xiangyang conquered? It is not too late to prepare for war against Cao Cao, so everyone in Jiangdong is busy transporting and searching, and for the time being, no one is focusing on guarding against Cao Cao...

Then Cao Jun's cavalry rushed in front of him and hit Ma Zhong in the face!

Changban Slope, near Dangyang, was originally the north-south passage. From the south to the Pingchuan, when Cao Jun's cavalry rushed in and attacked, Mr. Zhang couldn't help but cry out twice to embolden himself and then tore down the Dangyang Bridge and fled, let alone Talk about Ma Zhong and these Jiangdong soldiers.

Indeed, Jiangdong's army is very tyrannical on the water, but on land, let's give it a 20% discount first...

The problem is that Jiang Dongbing didn't realize this at the beginning.

During the Han Dynasty, the climate in the south was hot. Without air conditioning, it was difficult for fat people to survive. Under the situation of survival and elimination, most of the Jiangdong people living in the south of the Han Dynasty were slightly short, flexible in stature, and had a low center of gravity, making them It is easier to find the center of gravity on the undulating ship surface, and even toss and jump as if walking on flat ground.

People in the north, especially those in the white mountains and black waters, need to resist the cold without special warm clothing. Without fat layer, it is relatively difficult to survive. Therefore, the colder the place, the bigger the body. , if the fat is thicker, the ability to resist beating will naturally be stronger. To put it simply, it means thicker blood and resistance to beating.

If you usually fight alone, it is difficult to draw a conclusion as to whether you are more flexible or have stronger health. However, in a military formation, when you are facing a group of hundreds or thousands of people gathered together, there is no doubt that the blood will be stronger. The thick one has a natural advantage. In the military formation, there are people on both sides. No matter how flexible you are, where can you hide? The people from Jiangdong, who fell after being hit, naturally felt their liver and gallbladder tremble when they saw the soldiers from Qingzhou who were still fighting with blood all over their bodies.

Of course, this does not mean that Jiangdong Bing is completely useless. When facing Cao Jun's cavalry, Jiang Dongbing also launched a certain counterattack. Most of Jiangdong's soldiers were part-time archers in the navy, and almost everyone was equipped with bows and arrows. Therefore, even without special instructions, they instinctively started shooting at Cao's cavalry.

Including Ma Zhong.

The penetrating and lethality of bows and arrows within fifty steps is astonishing. Cao Jun's cavalry who was shot almost immediately fell to the ground, and the men and horses rolled into a ball, but the distance of fifty steps could only make Jiangdong The soldier only shot one or two arrows, and then the cold blade whizzed down the tip of his nose!

On the other side, for Cao Cao's cavalry, it is simply the most comfortable thing to attack the infantry, especially the archers, who are not in formation. They can charge as much as they want and in any shape they want. Although After saying that Cao Jun's cavalry fell some men and horses due to the counterattack of Jiangdong soldiers, but the next moment, Jiangdong soldiers cried for their fathers and mothers and were impacted into the shape of Cao Jun's cavalry.

The extreme horse speed was mentioned, making the horses seem to be galloping with their hooves in the air. Cao Cao's cavalry had to huddle behind their horses' necks and try to reduce the area where they could receive arrows. Then when they broke into the Jiangdong soldiers' formation, their sharp swords suddenly flashed up, bringing up pieces of flesh and blood!

Ma Zhong shot and killed several Cao's cavalry, and then Cao's cavalry rushed in front of him. With the sword cut off by his horse power, Ma Zhong almost couldn't resist, and then he saw the next Cao's cavalry stabbing him with a spear. He was frightened. He let out a cry, no longer caring about his image and dignity, and rolled away like a lazy donkey.

In the blink of an eye, Changban Slope was a mess, filled with fireworks, and a sea of ​​blood and corpses.

The Jiangdong soldiers were supposed to have a camp for shelter, but now there is a problem with the defense system itself. The passing convoys and mules are congesting the intersection and occupying a large area. In order to make these transferred materials safe and orderly, they could originally defend in the camp. The Jiangdong soldiers had to extend their management outwards, which exposed the key points outside the original defense system.

Cao Jun came in for a surprise attack. If these baggage convoys could respond effectively, integrate, and form an array of baggage vehicles for confrontation, it might be a different situation. However, these transporters are all under different subordinates, and there is no such thing as Changbanpo. General Jiangdong is in the middle of the schedule, how can they cooperate?

As a result, even Ma Zhong was running for his life in embarrassment, and Jiangdong's soldiers at Changbanpo naturally collapsed.

The cavalry of Cao's army who followed up the charge rushed into the Jiangdong camp, throwing flammable objects everywhere and hacking and killing indiscriminately. Jiangdong soldiers and civilians were mixed together, shouting and running around aimlessly on the battlefield. And those transfer army Hou Sima who used to be coaxing in front of Ma Zhong are not much better now. They are even more rude than the common people, just trying to escape with their tails between their legs!

Changbanpo, Dangyang Bridge.

Jiangdong soldiers played the role of Liu Bei's army in history. They were driven everywhere by Cao Jun's cavalry. The collapsed array could not be dealt with. Many people's goal was the same, which was the Dangyang Bridge on the Dangyang River!

Thousands of people rushed towards Dangyang Bridge, and then they were crowded on the bridge.

Then it was like constipation, stuck at the bridge.

It is clear that there is a spacious area after crossing the bridge, but the Jiangdong soldiers and civilians crowded on the bridge are unable to move even an inch. The people who were stuck on the bridge blushed and tried to move forward with all their teeth and claws, but they couldn't move. For a while, no one knew how many people were squeezed out by the people behind and fell into the water. When they were swept up by the river, they were gone. Heading downstream to sink and float.

More and more fires rose up, and the goods that Jiangdong soldiers had finally plundered were ignited. Smoke filled the air, and among the flames, there was the sound of the cavalry's hooves getting closer and closer, plus the sound of control in the ears. The constant panic and screaming this time have more and more destroyed the only sanity of these Jiangdong soldiers and civilians, and also caused them to lose the ability to think. They just want to escape along the flow of people, and then aggravate the danger of Dangyang Bridge. The burden makes constipation more and more serious.

Cao Jun approached, and then threw all the cloth, grease, etc. collected by Jiangdong soldiers towards the crowded crowd at Dangyang Bridge, and even drove the mules and horses directly to hit them, followed closely by torches...

There are so many people on the bridge and under the bridge. In fact, if it really burns, it may not be possible to burn them all at once. However, when people's natural fear of fire is ignited, even if they are not directly burned, they will scream in various ways. Howl, the sound shook the sky. More and more people crowded on the bridge. The Dangyang Bridge, which was originally not very strong, could no longer support it. With the dense crowd on the bridge, it suddenly fell from the middle, splashing large amounts of water, and aroused even more excitement. Shocking cry!