Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

"Bang bang bang bang..." It seemed as if there were strings all around, and the air was trembling.

Brother Yeluxiu rode close to Cao Qu, with his head stretched forward, his face was murderous, which made people very frightened. He didn't say a word, but his eyes were very sharp. At a glance, he could see that there were a few boats on the river that looked very strange, standing there motionless...

Even if there is no wind, the boats should shake when floating on the water, but those boats are steady!

"There are several shoals on the Cao Canal, and I know there is one nearby, it's over there!" Brother Yeluxiu pointed with his horsewhip.

The generals took a closer look and agreed.

Brother Yeluxiu hesitated for a while, the army could go east from this shoal, or retreat northwest. When they came, Guizhou and other cities were in the back and back of Youzhou, and the garrison inside included not only Han Chinese, but also some Khitan, Xi, and Jurchens.

Brother Yeluxiu is a decisive and straightforward person. He makes decisions based on his own judgment, and he is weighing how to make a decision right now...

Not long after, a general of the Liao army came to report, holding a letter with both hands: "Tanzhou Han army garrison emergency report, found a large Zhou army cavalry, and went west!"

"West side?" Brother Yeluxiu frowned and thought.

Immediately, some tribal nobles said with fear on their faces: "Zhou Jun wants to seize the pontoon bridge on the Sanggan River, and cut off my escape!"

Brother Yeluxiu snorted, noncommittal. You can't believe everything that Xindao Hanjiang says. Moreover, based on his battle-tested intuition, Zhou Jun's outflanking from the upper reaches of the Sanggan River was too detoured and seemed too conservative.

But soon, the defenders of Shun and Confucian prefectures also sent people to report the whereabouts of the cavalry of the Zhou army, and they all said that they were going west... Brother Yeluxiu was dubious.

Not long after, another general came in a hurry and said anxiously: "Commander, Xiao Siwen's people came to report that the main force of Zhou Jun's fine cavalry has gone to kill Guizhou!"

Brother Yeluxiu said: "How does Xiao Siwen know the military situation in Youzhou City?"

The general said: "It's Xiao Siwen's subordinates, Abudi's scouts, and tokens, there's nothing wrong with that!"

Brother Yeluxiu believed it eight times when he heard it, Xiao Siwen did have a confidant named Abudi. Don't worry about the minutiae, brother Yeluxiu trusts his own judgment: the cavalry of the Zhou army went to Guizhou to follow and intercept.

As soon as Yeluxiu came here today, he found that the Zhou army had burned their own grain and grass, and there were a large number of soldiers on the grain boats on the river.

Brother Yeluxiu's left eyelid suddenly twitched non-stop! Nothing was going well, and the messy situation made him very upset.

He stared ferociously, threw his head to one side, and made a "click" sound from his neck. He looked coldly at the stranded sailing boats on the river, and said, "Send someone to attack by force! Kill all the people on board, leaving no one behind!"

"Obey!"

... In the south of Guizhou (northwest of Youzhou), the Sanggan River was on fire and the smoke filled the sky. I don't know who set the fire, the pontoon bridge and the boats were ablaze, and amidst the smoke, black men and horses were shouting and running on the river bank.

A group of chaotic Liao army and Han soldiers fled on the south bank on horseback, followed by Zhou army cavalry chasing, shouting and killing.

Those Han people were wearing Liao army uniforms, and they could speak Khitan dialect with a strange accent. Han'er spoke Khitan dialect, that's the voice. Someone shouted: "Run! Zhou people are coming!"

"Guizhou is about to surrender..."

The Khitan scouts, holding bows and arrows and watching the scene warily, wandered around while looking up.

There were seven or eight Khitan riders nearby, and one of the generals stopped a man who ran over: "It's useless, Zhou's army crossed the river only on rangers!"

The man stared and said loudly: "We will cross the river in a while!"

"how many people?"

Han'er said: "I don't know, the mountains and plains are full of elite riders!"

The young Khitan general asked, "Did you see it with your own eyes?"

Han'er nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "Too many, at least a million people!"

"Stupid|pig!" the Khitan general yelled after hearing this, "Zhou Junbuqi and Minding don't have a million!"

At this time, Zhou Jun's rangers on the flat ground in the distance gathered together and came straight to this side. The Khitan general flattered his horse and left, and several cavalry also turned around and ran after them. The Khitan general said: "Go back alone and report to Shangfeng that the main force of Zhou's cavalry is in Guizhou, and our people burned the pontoon bridge!"

...

On the canal in the north of Jinzhou, densely packed Liao army cavalry waded to the center of the river. The water surface reached the chest of the horses. There were too many horses in the river, stirring up the silt below, and the river was as turbid as the Yellow River.

Corpses emerged from time to time in the muddy water, shouting up and down the ship's side, and arrows flying randomly.

"Dang!" The sharp sword slashed on the side of the ship, and there was a hissing scream, and the Khitan soldier who was grabbing on the side of the ship and trying to climb up immediately let go, screaming and fell into the river from the side of the ship. A moment later, the Zhou army soldier holding the sword also dropped his sword, covering his face with his hands, the tail feather of an arrow was still trembling slightly, and blood soaked out from between the soldier's fingers.

The boat was surrounded by people and horses, as if floating in the crowd.

Some Liao troops trudged from the water between the boats to the opposite bank, surrounded by arrows on both sides. The sails of Zhou Jun's sailboats were full of holes, and the wooden boards of the hulls were all nailed with arrow feathers, as if Zhuge Kongming borrowed arrows from a straw boat.

Zhou Jun fought desperately, but he couldn't stop such a strong attack, and there were almost no casualties. The Khitan soldiers were very fierce after attacking the boat. After a cavalryman climbed onto the boat on foot, he moved very sharply. He swept the iron sword in his hand and cut the opponent's throat accurately.

The bodies in the water were still bleeding, and the blood on the side of the boat dripped down the planks. The muddy river water smelled of mud and fishy, ​​and the brown mud was dark red.

At this moment, the sound of horseshoes was faintly heard from the opposite bank.

The Khitan noble generals who were watching the battle on the west bank of Caoqu were all staring, Yeluxiu also turned his attention to the horse team coming from afar.

Damn, just as we were about to control the ferry, reinforcements arrived!

Many people were surprised and worried, but Brother Yeluxiu was still stable. On both sides of the Caoqu Canal, there is a flat river; when the sky is bright and bright, the sky and the earth are clear and bright, and the line of sight is extremely open. Brother Yeluxiu found that there were not many horse teams coming.

The general worried: "Could it be that the Zhou army is in the vanguard, and the large horsemen are still behind?"

"Maybe Zhou's mounted infantry." Brother Yeluxiu said coldly.

On the battlefield, especially this kind of fast and maneuverable short-term combat, it depends on decisive and accurate judgment, and the key is to attack once or twice! There is not so much time to look forward and backward.

Brother Yeluxiu is not going well today, and he is irritable, but he is still very clear-headed: Zhou Jun cavalry is near Guizhou, intending to cut off the retreat route and advance; the front wants to rely on the river and cavalry infantry to drag the Daliao iron cavalry, so as to implement the encirclement strategy.

But can these mounted infantry stop the Daliao iron cavalry?

Brother Yeluxiu said decisively: "Order the former army to cross the Caoqu, attack Zhou's reinforcements at all costs, and stand firm on the other side!"

As expected, Zhou Jun's cavalry approached the river bank and immediately dismounted. Seeing this, Yeluxiu let out a "hum".

At this moment, the generals of the scout battalion came to report: "The main cavalry brigade of the Zhou army attacked the Guizhou pontoon bridge, and our people burned the pontoon bridge!"

"Very good!" Brother Yeluxiu was even more convinced that the cavalry of the Zhou army had gathered in the northwest of Youzhou and the cavalry of the Liao army were retreating westward.

If Brother Yeluxiu’s Guo Shao, he would build a bridge across the river between Youzhou and Xuanren City, and quickly approach the Liao army; if that was the case, Brother Yeluxiu would have to fight a field battle if he wanted to leave, which would not be easy... But this is not the case.

Brother Yeluxiu observed the Zhou army on the other side, and based on his experience, he was sure that he could defeat it, and he couldn't pay more; but this price can be ignored for the army size of tens of thousands of horses.

The cavalry of the Zhou army is still far away in Guizhou, and it will take time to come here. Brother Yeluxiu judged that the Liao army can easily cross the Caoqu and escape north from the east.

After a while, another report came!

Zhou Jun's large horse team came straight across the pontoon bridge ten miles southeast of Youzhou. The left-wing cavalry of the Liao army went to test and harass, and the Zhou army hurriedly dismounted and lined up!

Brother Yeluxiu almost burst out laughing when he heard this: "Zhou Jun is short of real warriors on horseback, so he used infantry and horses to pretend to be cavalry. I beat him to pieces last year, and now he finally dares not to serve as cavalry. He has learned a lot!"

The generals were very nervous: "The Zhou army surrounded us on three sides. The infantry approached us first. There are rivers all around. The situation is not good."

Brother Yeluxiu thought about it again carefully, and said with a sneer, "You guys are less courageous than the southerners!? Let's just open this place, don't worry. The southerners are busy everywhere, and they are frightening. I want to see what they can do!"

Brother Yeluxiu ordered: "The left-wing tribal army is coming, and they are advancing towards the Zhou army's formation. They form a square formation, and our cavalry will stand in formation without fighting and wait and see on horseback. When the formation moves, get on horses and drive on the road, and seize the opportunity to attack!"

"Obey!"

On the other side of the river, some cavalrymen of the Liao army wading across the river rushed towards the advancing Zhou army phalanx, and were immediately shot into a hornet's nest.

In the middle of the river, countless Liao soldiers stood in the muddy water, yelling and pushing their boats towards the opposite bank. The shouting was so loud that even the boats were pushed to the shallow river bank.

The Liao army gathered on the deck of the ship, and the iron cavalrymen of the palace tent army held round shields and spears, and gathered in the shallow water behind the ship. The other Liao cavalry followed suit, riding their horses and rushing to ride and shoot.

After a few captured boats were pushed to the bank, there were more people on the river, as if a large group of people were struggling in the mud. A Liao general rode his horse to the west bank, shouting to urge the front army.

"Ahh!" The Liao army cavalry screamed strangely and rushed to the shore again, killing the generals in a mess, and there were cavalry soldiers in the river behind them. \u003c