Chapter 246 Secret Weapons

Jingzhou, Xinye.

This county seat north of Fancheng has a very important strategic position.

From Xinye to the north, you can go straight to Wancheng, the north gate of Nanyang Basin, within a hundred miles.

From Xinye to the east along Bishui, you can enter Runan County through Biyang County, and then go north along Rushui, and you can take a detour to Xudu.

In the era of Liu Biao, Zhang Xiu of Nanyang County was once used as the north gate of Gongwei Jingxiang.

Since Zhang Xiu surrendered to Cao, Xinye County has become a barrier to Jingzhou to block Cao's army in the north.

Nowadays, Cao Jian's army returns to Luoyang in the north, and Xinye is garrisoned by Liu Biao's old general Wenpin.

A few days ago, the 60,000 Jingzhou army of former general Liu Feng crossed the Han River in the north and surrounded Xinye County in one fell swoop.

Liu Feng wants to make a Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, Xinye County in front of his home, which is the first nail he must pull out.

Xinye South City.

Wen Ping looked at the Jingzhou barracks a few miles away.

On a knife-like face, there is a complex and solemn color surging.

Although the enemy is six times more than himself, Wen Ping does not have a trace of fear. He has full confidence in his ability. It is easy for him to defend the strong city of Xinye with 10,000 people.

What Wenpin is really worried about is not whether he can keep Xinye.

A general hurried to the city and arched his hand and said, "General Wen, the reconnaissance horse returned. The thief commanded Wei Yan with 5,000 troops and occupied Bijinyi to the east."

The speaker's name is Deng Ping, and his father's name is Deng Ji. He was originally Liu Biao's subordinate general and was captured by Cao Wei many years ago.

Deng Shi is the surname of Xinye. In order to attract people, Cao Jian used Deng Ping, the son of Deng Ji, as the deputy general to help him defend Xinye.

"So fast, it seems that my guess is really good." Wen Ping's expression became more and more solemn.

Bijinyi is a small town by the water to the east of Xinye, and it is the only way to Biyang.

The capture of such a small city is not very helpful for the siege of Xinye itself, but at present, Liu Feng ordered the general Wei Yan to capture the city with 5,000 people, whose intention is very obvious.

Liu Feng's move is clearly an attempt to enter Runan in the east and take a detour to attack Xudu!

At present, the field soldiers and horses of the imperial court have basically been deployed on all fronts from west to east. The number of defenders in Xudu is limited, and they are all second-line soldiers and horses that have not gone through much war.

If Liu Fengbing enters Xudu, even if he does not have enough troops to capture Xudu, the symbol of this move will inevitably cause a great shock to the Central Plains, and its impact must not be underestimated.

This is what Wenpin is really worried about.

"General Wen, what should we do now?" Deng Ping said anxiously.

Wen Ping was silent for a long time and sighed, "If Xu Du has lost, the general trend will be over. You quickly sent people out of the siege to report to General Cao Zilian in Wancheng, and ask him to respond quickly.

"Oh."

.............................. North of Xinye City, Jingzhou Army Camp.

In the big tent, Liu Feng solemnly sat down.

A few days before the case, several gray-faced and bloody Cao soldiers were being pressed on their shoulders and kneeling on the ground.

After scanning these prisoners, Liu Feng asked, "Try to be honest, what order did Wen Zhongye give you?"

"Bah!"

An enemy pawn who looked like a head stared at Liu Feng fiercely and spit a mouthful of bloody saliva on the ground.

The soldiers in Jingzhou were furious and immediately slapped their faces.

"Hap it." Liu Feng stopped his men in time. Facing this rude pawn, his face became more and more peaceful.

He showed admiration and said with a smile, "It's a man. In fact, even if you don't say it, I know what Wen Zhongye sent you to do.

The enemy looked at Liu Feng with hatred and remained speechless.

"If I guess correctly, Wen Zhongye already knew that I was going to attack Xudu, so I sent you out of the siege to inform Cao Hong."

Hearing this, the enemy's expression suddenly shocked.

A pawn is a pawn. Liu Feng showed his heart with a little temptation.

Liu Feng laughed and said disdainfully, "Even if Cao Hong gets the message, it's useless. Zhou Lang's army in Eastern Wu is already on the way to attack Xudu. My two armies are attacking from east and west. Even if Cao Hong has three heads and six arms, how can he stop us?"

The pawn was obviously shocked by Liu Feng's words. His original resentful expression gradually became a little panicked.

"I, Liu Fengping, like tough men the most. Come on, untie them and let them go back to Xinye."

Although the left and right troops were reluctant, they could only untie those enemies.

Several Cao Jun's pawns, who were originally holding the heart of death, were actually escaping from death at this time, and the look of determination was immediately surprised and suspicious.

Liu Feng said lightly, "When you go back, tell General Wen Zhongye that his uncle Liu Jingsheng treated him well, and Brother Zi De always told me that Wen Zhongye was a loyal and righteous person.

Therefore, I hope that Wen Zhongye will stop helping Zhou to abuse. If I can realize it as soon as possible and be obedient to me, I will use it seriously. Otherwise, the new wild city will be destroyed when the Manchu family of his Wen family will be destroyed.

Liu Feng's words, in addition to being tempted, were deeply afraid of deterrence.

Those soldiers did not dare to squeak, but silently made a big account.

"What do you think, sir?" After releasing several enemies, Liu Feng's eyes turned to Pang Tong, who smiled and said nothing.

Pang Tong said with a smile, "Wen Ping wants to ask Cao Hong for help and let him lead his army south to Xinye. Only in this way can we stop our army from attacking Xinye by detours, which is certain."

Pang Tong's words are exactly in line with Liu Feng's meaning.

Earlier, Wei Yan's attack on Biyangyi was originally a suspicious plan negotiated by them, in order to create an illusion of attacking Xudu.

As for the Eastern Wu side, they have just arrived. Zhou Yu's 70,000 Wu soldiers went out of Hefei and have now occupied Yingkou. There is a tendency to bypass Shouchun and go north to Xudu.

The dispatch of Eastern Wu's troops is exactly the "external force" mentioned by Pang Tong earlier.

In Pang Tong's view, it is still unknown whether Zhou Yu really has the intention to attack Xu Du. But it doesn't matter how much determination Zhou Yu has. The important thing is that Dongwu's dispatch of troops has indeed posed a threat to Xu Du.

In this way, it is enough to create a momentum for Sun Liu's alliance to attack Xu Du. Whether it is for Sun Quanfang or Liu Feng, it can be used to make a big deal.

"Cao Hong has 30,000 soldiers and 5,000 tigers and leopards. As long as we show weakness, we can lead him south to relieve the siege of the new field."

Liu Feng stared at the map with a sneer at the corners of his mouth.

Pang Tong came close to the front and pointed to the map. His eyebrows were full of confidence and tidity. "The snake will come out of the hole, Lord, now it's time to show our secret weapon."

....................................Nanyang, confuse the water.

This water originates from the Funiu Mountains in the north of Nanyang, flows south through Wancheng, Shuyang and Xinye, and finally converges in the Han River west of Fancheng.

The whole Nanyang County belongs to the county. Except for Wancheng and other counties built near the water, counties such as Bowang, Xi'e, Thorn Yang and Chaoyang are mostly distributed near the east and west wings of the water.

Controlling the water is equivalent to controlling the whole Nanyang County.

The county of Gongyang is located on the west bank of the water, less than 30 miles away from Xinye County.

In the early morning of this day, an army with iron armor and flags covering the sky came out on the road south of the sun to Xinye.

The horses' hoofs flew, and the dust rolled. Under the rush, the dust in the sky was raised, like a huge sandstorm, rushing to the south.

It was a walking army of about 25,000 people, and it was the most powerful army in the whole Nanyang County.

Two days ago, when Cao Hong received a letter of distress from Wenpin, he immediately led 25,000 people out of Wancheng and came to Xinye.

Cao Hong did not come to save Xinye, but to stop Liu Feng's attempt to attack Xu Du.

At present, Cao Yan's 150,000 main force has been rejected east of Tongguan. Xu Du's safety depends on the protection of his Nanyang army. Once Xu is in danger, Cao Hong will be guilty.

As early as the day before the arrival of Wenpin's letter for help, Cao Hong received information from Shouchun, saying that it was the 70,000 troops of Eastern Wu who had the intention to bypass Shouchun and attack Xudu from the west of Yingshui.

In Cao Hong's opinion, this is a conspiracy of Sun and Liu's two families.

In terms of Shouchun, although there are 50,000 soldiers and horses of Lejin, they have experienced the previous defeat of Hefei, and the army in the southeast was greatly defeated. Cao Hong did not believe that Lejin had the ability to defeat the attempts of the Wu people.

Therefore, Cao Hong must personally attack and repel the Liu Fengjun of Xinye.

As long as Liu Feng loses all the way, Zhou Yu will definitely give up the idea of taking Xudu alone.

After all, from Yingshui to Xudu from the west, you have to go through thousands of miles. On the way, you have to break through several defense lines of Cao's army, and there is still a Shouchun town behind it.

In this case, without the cooperation of Liu Fengjun, Zhou Yu would never take the risk of going deep into Xu Luodi.

Liu Feng's Jingzhou army besieged Xinye with 60,000. Cao Hong's southern reinforcements, together with the Wenpin headquarters, had only 35,000 troops.

In terms of strength, the enemy is nearly twice as much as his own.

However, Cao Hong was not afraid at all.

Nanyang is not Nanjun, and the water is not Jianghan. The water army of the Jingzhou army has limited power. In this flat area, the cavalry is the sharp weapon to decide the victory or defeat.

Cao Hong firmly believes that the 5,000 tigers and leopards in his hand are enough to reach 100,000 troops.

If it hadn't been for Cao Chan's previous instructions that he had no choice but to go to war without authorization, Cao Hong would have waved his army to the south and defeated Liu Feng's army before crossing the river.

While running, his eyes extended to the south, and Cao Hong's eyes burst into murderous air.

"Liu Feng's dog thief, this time, I must avenge my brother!"

His brother is naturally "Cao Ren".

When Cao Hong heard the news that Cao Ren was captured and his tongue was cruelly humiliated by Liu Feng, Cao Hong had a fury in his chest. At that time, he swore that he would repay this great shame.

This time, he came murderous, not only for the country, but also for his own personal hatred.

When he was stirring in his heart, the scouts in front of him hurriedly came, strang his horse in front of him, arched his hand and said, "General, ten miles away from the front, I found the thief's navy, and now he is landing."

Jingzhou Marine Army? Appearing here, is it possible that you want to stop me from helping Xinye in the south?

"How many soldiers and horses are there in the thief army?" Cao Hong asked in a low voice.

"There are fifty or sixty warships, and it is estimated that there are about two or three thousand soldiers, but more than 100 chariots and more than 700 thieves landed first."

"The chariot?"

Cao Hong's expression was slightly stunned, and he felt fresh about the words he had not heard for a long time. After a slight meditation, he immediately understood the enemy's intention.

Obviously, the enemy knew that he had the advantage of cavalry, so he wanted to compete with chariots.

In those years, the Qin Emperor defeated the powerful Beihu with a chariot array. In the plains, chariots are indeed an effective weapon against cavalry.

However, at this time, the tactics of cavalry have long been far better than those of ancient times. To deal with chariots, which are extremely cumbersome, with a very poor name, you can easily disturb the formation of the opponent's vehicle array with only a simple detour, and then launch a flaw to launch a assault, which can break the array in one stroke.

Thinking of this, Cao Hong didn't care too much and ordered the scout to report again.

The army continued to move forward, but the speed slowed down a little.

Ten miles away from the enemy, Cao Hong received new information again. The enemy's chariots who landed first put on a strange formation and erected a white rivet in the array.

The hundred chariots are arranged in an arc of more than a hundred steps away from the water. The two ends of the river are like a crescent moon. Each chariot is equipped with seven soldiers.

"Strange formation, what on earth does Liu Feng want to do?"

Looking at the enemy from afar, Cao Hong became more and more confused.

According to reason, even if Liu Feng wanted to fight with his cavalry with a car array, he set up a phalanx to deal with the impact of the cavalry with a copper wall-like defense. But he discharged such a thin defensive line semicircle array, which was really not in line with the way of war.

Cao Hong's heart was strange. He couldn't figure out the enemy's intention for a moment, so he ordered the soldiers to stand still and watch the change.

Just as Cao's army hesitated, Liu Feng led his 2,000-step army, quickly left the ship and boarded the ship, and joined the 700 soldiers who landed first.

These two thousand landing troops carried a large number of sticks, crossbows, hammers and hammers. Each chariot was equipped with 20 more soldiers, and shields were set up on the chariot to protect the chariot. The sergeants in the array are all holding heavy crossbows and waiting for them.

The array set up by Liu Feng is called the "Moon Array", which is the "secret weapon" that Liu Feng came up with to crack Cao Jun's iron horse.

Liu Feng knows that the advantage of tiger and leopard riding lies in its impact and power.

Every time there is a well-defended infantry iron array, it will detour behind the side with machine power. After disturbing the enemy array, it will then launch an impact with a flaw.

If you encounter an ordinary infantry, there is no need to detour at all. With a direct strong attack, you can solve the battle in an instant.

Because Liu Feng has the right to control water, the back water array can ensure the safety of the rear and flank of the vehicle array. There is no need to worry about being surrounded by Cao Jun on the flat river bank with a wide field of vision. With a good vision, it is easy to observe the actions of the enemy and grasp the situation of the battlefield in time.

At the same time, the flat terrain can make the enemy lose its terrain advantage, while the Jingzhou army can overlook the battlefield on a tall Yu ship, which is equivalent to occupying a commanding height.

More importantly, the curved formation can effectively disperse the impact on each point, while the shielded chariot, shaped like a strong mobile fortress, can protect the crossbowman in the array and calmly carry out a long-range attack on the enemy.

Liu Feng's "moon array" is the formation of Liu Yu, the famous Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty, who broke through the iron cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty in history.

When he got Jingzhou last year, Liu Feng took out this array and discussed with Pang Tong, which was strongly affirmed by Pang Tong. From then on, Liu Feng began to establish and train the secret army of 2,000 people, in order to test the knife with Cao Hong's five thousand tigers and leopards in the battle of the key surname.

Such a strange formation appeared for the first time. Even Cao Hong, who has experienced many battles, could not see the stakes in it.

At this time, Cao Hong, the enemy's 2,000 reinforcements in front of him hurriedly landed, thinking that the previous strange vehicle array was just to cover the landing of the rear troops, in an attempt to establish a stronghold on the beach to cover more soldiers and horses landing.

Seeing this, Cao Hong immediately made a decision and ordered an attack on the 2,000 Jingzhou Army.

Five thousand heavy riders, speeded up from 500 steps away, and rushed to the central protrusion of the semicircle of the Jingzhou Army.

In the face of the rolling enemy riders, those shields who were guarding the closest to the side of the chariot, their elite Liu became highly nervous.

In his mind, a picture appeared in the village: the torrent of iron party's energy was overwhelming, and the huge mountain-like impact hit his shield. Under the impact of the huge force, the shield in their hands would be smashed, and their flesh and blood would also be crushed.

Even if they are elites who have experienced many battles, they are all flesh and blood. When facing the impact of the demonic tiger and leopard, the fear in their hearts is still uncontrollable.

The hand holding the shield gradually relaxed, and their legs were also trembling unconsciously.

Even Liu Feng, who has a heart like steel, will inevitably have a trace of horror in his heart when the old enemy reunites at this moment.

In those years, when Yang Changbanpo, in the first battle of his life, he faced the legendary tiger and leopard horse.

At that time, Liu Bei's army led by him was also a veteran who followed Liu Bei for a long time, but he witnessed the terrible scene of thousands of soldiers. Under the overwhelming momentum of tigers and leopards, he did not fight and collapse without fighting.

At that time, he had a deep thought in his heart that he had no choice but to escape: the devilish cavalry in front of him was an invincible army, and there was no possibility of defeating him at all.

After many years, on this plain, he faced the same opponent again.

It's just that this time, he is no longer the newborn calf, helpless and helpless.

This time, he came with the belief of victory.

The green sword in his hand came out of the sheath. He held the sword high and roared harshly, "Today is a battle, there is no retreat. Those who dare to retreat in the battle will not be forgiven!"

At the time of the battle, the military law shocked the army's heart, the spirit of the soldiers was awe-inspiring, and the fear was slightly restrained.

The tiger and leopard rode like a strong wind, and in a blink of an eye, it was within 200 steps.

The end of the war is imminent.

"The enemy destroyed my home, plundered my wife and children, the children of Jingzhou, it's time for us to take revenge, kill--"

Hong Zhong's words of encouragement completely infected his soldiers. In this decisive battle, the blood in everyone's chest was ignited by this spark, and they went to the prairie fire in an instant.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

In the trembling body, the man's blood was stirring, and the cry of death resounded through the wilderness.

(to be continued)