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Liu Pan asked Zhang Yun for an answer.
"The enemy army is strong, and our army is weak. Of course, we must be careful not to rush in, lest the enemy army take advantage of the loopholes. Isn't it us who will lose at that time?"
Zhang Yun's words were very casual.
The whole person was also quite casual, eating and drinking in the barracks, and even showed him dancing with a dancer, while a group of generals around him watched the dancer with drunken eyes.
This is for war?
The first half of the soldiers and soldiers died, and the beauties still danced and danced in the tent!
This is the behavior of scum!
Liu Pan was a little annoyed, and said loudly: "Liu Shijun ordered us to attack with all our strength to capture Runan County and Yingchuan County. Why didn't the general attack? Why didn't you carry out Liu Shijun's order?"
Zhang Yun slapped the table angrily and said: "I'm not attacking? When did you see that I stopped attacking? Also, I want to tell you, Liu Pan, don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you are Shijun's nephew!
In the barracks, I am the commander, you are my general, you must obey orders!If not, even if I kill you, no one can say anything, do you understand? "
Liu Pan was furious, his face turned red from anger, and he left with his hands.
Zhang Yun drove Liu Pan away, cursed with disdain for a while, continued to drink, continued to have fun with his cronies and generals, hugged the dancer and laughed and laughed, and there was a scene of demons dancing wildly in the big tent.
Liu Pan rushed out of the camp angrily, and met Huang Zhong, the former ex-bearer outside the camp.
Huang Zhong followed Liu Biao very early. He is one of the oldest generals in Jingzhou. He is over 40 years old. He is still very brave and powerful. He eats a lot of meat. He is bold and popular in the army.
This time during the Northern Expedition to Runan, Liu Biao asked Huang Zhong to join the army. Liu Pan originally thought that Huang Zhong could lead the army to attack and show Wei Jun a little color, but Huang Zhong told Liu Pan that his duty was to guard the camp, not to lead the army. Army attack.
"This Northern Expedition, Zhong's duty is to guard the camp, not to march in."
Huang Zhong said helplessly: "General Zhang has made such an arrangement, and Zhong can't do anything about it. He can only obey the order."
Liu Pan was very angry.
"He's not fighting at all, he's completely passively avoiding war. He's so scared of Guo Zifeng that he doesn't dare to fight Guo Zifeng. If such a person commands the whole army, don't fight this battle at all! No, I'm going to fight Biao told the envoy to withdraw his post!"
Liu Pan decided to write to Liu Biao, asking Liu Biao to dismiss Zhang Yun and replace him with him to lead the war, so that a better situation can be expected.
As a result, when he was writing the letter, Zhang Yun found out about the news for some reason. Zhang Yun broke into his camp and had a big fight with him. In the end, Zhang Yun was so angry that he had no choice but to agree to let Liu Pan take the lead alone. The first army set out to attack Langling County.
Liu Pan just gave up, snorted, ordered an army of soldiers and horses, and led the army to attack Langling County.
"The enemy is good at fighting! You have to be careful! Don't rush in!"
Before he sent troops, Zhang Yun reminded him in front of many people.
Liu Pan curled his lips, didn't take it seriously, got on his horse and led his troops and left.
Langling County is one of the more important counties in the south of Runan County, but because Zhang Yun's main attack direction this time is to attack Wufang County from Wuyin County, Langling County is not within the attack range, and Liu Pan will lead alone The first army went to attack here and opened the defense line in the south of Runan County so that they could drive straight in.
Liu Pan was very confident in himself, and led the five thousand Changsha headquarters to attack Langling County, and indeed drove straight into Runan County all the way, without encountering Wei Jun's obstruction.
Liu Pan was not puzzled by this, because he really came here with the idea of a surprise attack. When the main force of the Wei army in Runan was restrained by Zhang Yun, he wanted to find another way to bypass the hinterland of the Wei army and surprise the Wei army from behind. Defeat the main force of the Runan Wei army.
Then he was ambushed by the main force of the Wei army without any accident.
Guo Lie led [-] pacers to ambush Liu Pan in the middle of the road. Liu Pan's army was not prepared for this. When the Wei army suddenly came out, Liu Pan was still ordering the army to bury pots for food and cut trees to build a camp.
Just like this very suddenly, Wei Jun came out, and once he came out, the offensive was very fierce, all arrows were fired, and the iron cavalry was criss-crossing.
Liu Pan was caught off guard and was successfully attacked by Guo Lie. The 2000 Changsha soldiers under his command were in a state of confusion and could not fight to the death. After a burst of killing, the entire army was wiped out. More than 100 people were killed, and the rest were basically captured, only about [-] soldiers. Many people escaped by chance.
Liu Pan himself fought desperately to escape, but was overtaken by Guo Lie with his personal guards, and Liu Pan was stabbed to death with a spear.
The news of Liu Pan's tragic death was quickly transmitted back to Zhang Yun's barracks through these routs. Zhang Yun looked shocked and quickly reported the incident to Liu Biao.
Said that the Wei army is strong, they are facing the risk of being defeated by the Wei army, and the army's morale has been disturbed, so they request to retreat.
In the report, it was also added that Liu Pan did not listen to the commander's order or dissuasion, but wanted to take his minister Sha Bing to attack Langling County, breaking away from the establishment of a large army, resulting in being defeated by the Wei army and dying on the battlefield.
Anyway, Zhang Yun had a small fault, a small fault of lax control, but this is obviously not the main factor.
When Liu Biao learned of this, he was shocked and saddened. He wept bitterly for the death of his good nephew, but he didn't know who to blame.
Could it be Zhang Yun's fault?
Obviously Zhang Yun can't be blamed entirely, because Liu Pan himself asked for the attack on his own initiative, and Zhang Yun is at most not strict in controlling his subordinates. If Zhang Yun is to be severely punished for this, I am afraid that he will not be able to convince the public.
Taking this opportunity, a large number of civil and military forces persuaded Liu Biao to retreat. The morale of the frontline troops was already in disarray.
Liu Biao's mind was confused, he had no choice but to order the troops to withdraw, and ordered the army to retreat to Nanyang, continue to guard the city and not to fight.
Zhang Yunru received an amnesty, and led his troops back to Wancheng before it was too late, ending this rather absurd Northern Expedition.
Liu Biao's offensive failed due to internal and external cooperation. He lost troops and lost many horses. This incident happened in mid-September.
And until this time, the only princes left in the Three-State Alliance were still fighting, and that was Sun Ce and Sun Bofu.
It is also the most threatening path.
Sun Ce basically marched at the same time as Liu Biao. The army was divided into three groups by boat.
The large inland navy fleet ignored the Beacon Tower set up by the Wei Army on the riverside, swaggered across the Yangtze River, entered the Ruxu River, and entered the border of Jiangbei.
From here, Sun Ce's naval forces were actually unimpeded all the way, and they couldn't be stopped at all.
They thought that Guo Peng's army could not stop them on the waterway, and the only way was Hefei, and Sun Ce's first goal was Hefei.
Go northward along the river and arrive at Hefei. After conquering it, as long as Hefei is taken, Jiujiang will basically be in hand.
After Sun Ce's fleet swaggered along the Ruxu River across Lujiang County and entered Chaohu Lake, Cheng Pu's partial division also entered the Ruxu Waterway, targeting Lujiang County itself.
Cheng Pu led the army to disembark at a suitable place, landed, and began to arrange for the army to set up camp, lay a solid foundation, and cover the rest of the army to land. At this time, a scout came to report that the Wei army was approaching ahead.
Cheng Pu nodded, and immediately ordered the more than 1 soldiers who had completed the landing to form an array.
Generals Jiang Qin and Ling Cao led their respective armies to form formations on the ground, with their backs against the waterway and the ships in the waterway, with big shields on their backs and spears in their hands. Attack the approaching Wei army.
Not long after, Cheng Pu completed the gathering of the army formation, and saw a large black army of Wei army slowly approaching from a distance.
Chapter 581. 590 Hit them to death!
Standing on the building and looking into the distance, Cheng Pu found that the Wei army had a well-groomed appearance, awe-inspiring cavalry, fluttering flags, and rumbling drums. They looked very powerful.
Cheng Pu immediately felt that the people's rumors were true. Wei Gong Guo Peng's army was very elite, and there were few defeats in the battlefield. It was completely the feeling of a great army in the world.
This army, which defeated countless northern separatist princes, was finally going to fight Sun Wu's army.
Cheng Pu was a little excited, and ordered the army to make complete preparations to deal with the possible arrival of cavalry from the Wei army.
At the previous military meeting, veterans from the north, such as Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Huang Gai, who had participated in the melee of the northern warlords, spoke together and explained the advantages of the northern cavalry.
Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, E Handang and others followed Sun Jian and joined forces with Guo Peng to fight against Dong Zhuo's Xiliang cavalry.
These people had fought side by side with Guo Peng, were comrades in arms on the battlefield, and had a certain understanding of Guo Peng's army and Guo Peng himself.
They all said that Guo Peng is good at using troops and has strong combat effectiveness, while cavalry will bring huge troubles to the army in terms of maneuvering, riding and shooting. They suggest that Sun Ce must pay attention to it. The Jiangdong army lacking cavalry cannot compete with the Wei army on land.
Neither Sun Ce nor Zhou Yu had ever experienced a game with the northern cavalry. They both grew up in Jiangdong.
The largest cavalry team that Sun Ce has ever seen is the cavalry team under Yuan Shu's command, but the cavalry team under Yuan Shu's command can no longer be compared with the cavalry team of the northern overlord Guo Peng.
"Wei Gong's horse team is the best in the world. It has wiped out the cavalry of the Southern Xiongnu, Karasuma, and Xianbei. Even the Northern Cavalry is no match for Wei Gong's cavalry. It is conceivable how elite Wei Gong's cavalry is.
The iron cavalry crossing the battlefield will greatly affect the coordination and connection between the various army formations, and even cause the danger of the large formation of the Chinese army. Our army lacks cavalry, so we cannot compete with Duke Wei, so we have to guard against it. "
Cheng Pu tried his best to speak to Sun Ce, asking Sun Ce to pay attention to the possible group charge of the Wei army's cavalry.
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu took this into consideration, and then came up with a battle plan.
Their invasion of Jiujiang and Lujiang will inevitably lead to the attack of the Wei army. The Wei army is the best in the world, it is unlikely that they will hide in the city, and they will definitely choose to take the initiative to attack.
Even if they don't take the initiative to attack, Wu Jun can take the initiative to provoke them and provoke them to take the initiative to attack.
"I thought that if the two armies fought in the wilderness, the side with more cavalry would naturally have the upper hand, but our army lacked cavalry and could not fight against the Wei male cavalry. This is a fact. In order to make up for this weakness, we can use our strengths. "
Zhou Yu took out a model of a building ship, placed it on the mini waterway, and then set up several war chess against the ships in the waterway to form an army formation.
"When fighting against cavalry, I am most afraid of the mobility of cavalry and crossing vertically and horizontally. Our army can form an army formation, with our backs against waterways, and cavalry cannot follow our army's back. Hands, condescending, can hit the cavalry with a rain of arrows.
The army array is backed by waterways and buildings, and the cavalry cannot be interspersed vertically and horizontally, and the advantage of the cavalry will be greatly restricted. In this way, our army formation is as stable as Mount Tai, and the Wei male cavalry is useless. The army formed an formation to attack, and our army still has condescending building and boat crossbowmen. Isn't it an advantage? "
As soon as Zhou Yu's idea was put forward, he immediately got the support of Sun Ce, and Sun Ce immediately ordered the army to start practicing such tactics.
Backed by waterways and ships, an army formation was formed, and multiple carts and shields were used as fortifications to form a three-dimensional defensive formation to resist the northern superior cavalry.
The effect of the new tactics is very gratifying, Cheng Pu Handang and other experienced professional veterans are also satisfied with this and praised it again and again.
So this time, Cheng Pu fully utilized it.
Backed by waterways and large buildings and ships, the bows and crossbows are ready, and they are waiting for the Wei army's cavalry to charge, so that they can show them some color.
Who said that the Wu people could not defeat the northern cavalry if they could only use ships?
Cheng Demou doesn't believe in this evil!
Cheng Pu silently waited for the attack of the Wei army, and the soldiers of the Wu army were also ready. As long as the Wei army came, they would be greeted by a rain of arrows like locusts.
However, after Wei Jun advanced to a relatively long distance, he did not continue to advance.
Cheng Pu found it strange. From a distance, this distance was still beyond the range of the crossbow, and it was impossible to launch an attack. From Cheng Pu's point of view, it was also a strange thing for Wei Jun to stay there and not advance.
Long-range strikes don't have weapons that far away, do they?
The farthest crossbow would not be set that far.
What is Wei Jun's purpose?Just come and confront, not going forward?
It's interesting, did you see through the weakness of this formation so quickly, and you have to send troops to provoke you to come?
This……
Cheng Pu was a little embarrassed, and was about to send an army to provoke, but at this moment, Wei Jun's trebuchet had been assembled and could be launched.
"Xu Zhonglang, the trebuchet has been configured, please instruct!"
The subordinates reported to Xu Huanghui.
"Give me a hard hit! Hit them until their souls are blown away!"
Xu Huang gave the order to throw.
With an order, the drums of war sounded loudly.
"put!!!!"
The commanding officer waved it down for a while, and the newly equipped counterweight trebuchet began to show its fangs on the battlefield.
The ferocious counterweight throwing stone has shown its unparalleled advantages from the very beginning, whether it is shooting distance or attack power.
Although the quasi-head is still lacking, compared with the earliest purely human trebuchet, the quasi-head is much better.
According to the calculation results of the official team, the throwing accuracy of this counterweight trebuchet far exceeds that of the earliest human-powered trebuchet, and the probability of hitting the target is also greatly improved. The range can also be adjusted by adjusting the weight of the counterweight.
This time the counterweight trebuchet not only worked hard on the trebuchet itself, the craftsmen also made some changes to the stone projectiles fired according to Guo Peng's request.
They polished the stone bullets to be as round as possible, then tied them together with a large light wooden support, put them in a pocket net and threw them out.
It's just that after such an improvement, the shooting accuracy has improved again, and the craftsmen are very surprised.
When Guo Peng was watching the trebuchet experiment, he looked at the stones flying in the sky, and suddenly thought of something called badminton, so he thought of this.
He asked craftsmen to add a wooden support to the stone bullet, forming a self-stabilizing structure with the head heavy and the tail light.
Therefore, the new counterweight trebuchet far surpassed the old version of the human-drawn trebuchet in terms of shooting distance and shooting accuracy, and quickly replaced the human-drawn trebuchets currently in use in Guo Peng's army, greatly increasing the technical content.
But experiments are experiments, and the first battlefield practice is this time, right now.
So those who followed Xu Huang's army, and some members of the accounting team, including a group of craftsmen, all wanted to witness it with their own eyes to record the data.
Xu Huang said that these people were lunatics, then put on their helmets and armor, and sent troops to protect these people.
This group of people is extremely looking forward to seeing with their own eyes whether the big killer they created and improved can meet their expectations.
If possible, this will undoubtedly be extremely happy for them, and it will prove that their efforts are not wrong, and their efforts are in the right direction.
So when they saw that the heavy and huge counterweight trebuchet sent the huge wooden stone projectiles into the sky with relatively clumsy actions, and watched those stone projectiles draw a beautiful and stable arc in the air, steadily One can imagine the excitement in my heart when I fell towards the Sun Wu Navy who was parked on the water.