Chapter 577 Beach Landing Operation
"Wait a minute...this..."
As a southerner, Ma Su is very good at water. As soon as he jumped into the cold river, he immediately discovered a problem. Then he suddenly turned his head and looked at the soldiers who were still beating around, his face darkened slightly.
"General! I can't swim..." Jiang Wei was still flopping hard at this moment, but Ma Di walked over and pulled him up!
"Stop fluttering! Stand still! The water from the Yellow River has just reached my chest now!"
After dragging Jiang Wei up, Ma Di turned around and roared with a black face,
"Stop fluttering! Stand still! Drink water only up to your chest. You can't drown anyone!"
After Ma Di roared like this, the soldiers who were still fluttering but could not drown calmed down. After they calmed down and stood firm, they discovered that the seemingly wide Yellow River water was actually barely above their chests...
In fact, the Luoyang section of the Yellow River is not deep to begin with. During the dry season every year, the water level is even more pitiful. If you are lucky, you can ride a horse through it.
At this moment, the place where the Han army encountered the attack was near the center of the river, and there was a small river bank with accumulated sediment next to it. It's not very deep here originally, and due to the dry season, the river water is only up to my chest...
"It's such a shame, you almost drowned in such a shallow place..." Ma Su said with a black line on his face, shaking his head speechlessly.
"As long as you can calm down a little bit, I won't find out about this problem until I come down personally!"
"Ahem...General, if that's the case, we might as well just let the cavalry flow over and storm the south bank!" Jiang Wei was a little embarrassed about this, coughed twice, and quickly changed the subject.
As soon as Jiang Wei said this, Ma Su also remembered this matter.
Since the water is dry now and the river is so shallow, it is still a piece of cake to cross it. Just let the army ride across the river on horseback, and give Guanqiu Jian a surprise!
"Boyo is right, now is a good opportunity for a surprise attack!" Ma Su quickly climbed onto the raft, personally grabbed the flag from the guards, and ordered the entire army to attack on horseback with the flag language.
At this time, Zhang Yi and Shu Ji watched the army crossing the river uneasily on the north bank. Then, they saw the army's attack order conveyed by Ma Su.
"The whole army attacks? Does the general mean for us to swim across the river on horseback?" Zhang Ni was a little confused, but Shu Ji had already started to move.
"The whole army mounts up and charges to the south bank!" Shu Ji got on his horse and at the same time took Ma Su's mount together and gave the order to the whole army to attack.
The general must have had his own plans when he gave this order. As the person who has followed Ma Su for the longest time, Shu Ji will execute orders without hesitation at this time.
Under Shu Ji's decisive leadership, thousands of Han cavalry rushed into the river without hesitation. Then they discovered that the Yellow River was not as deep as they thought, and crossing the river was not a problem at all.
As a result, a large number of Han cavalry began to rush toward the south bank in a mighty manner.
Among them, the most difficult to accept is Guanqiu Jian. On the earth wall on the south bank, he watched helplessly as the Han army was unharmed under his sneak attack, but instead provoked more Han army cavalry to charge forward.
"What is going on? Who can tell me how such a wide Yellow River can be so shallow that cavalry can cross it?" Guanqiu Jian couldn't accept it and said angrily through gritted teeth.
"Who is in charge of defense in Luoyang? Why didn't you remind me?"
"Right General, Da Sima reminded me that this is the dry season and the ferry is actually of little use, but you didn't let me say..." The general next to him added weakly to him.
Guanqiu Jian: "..."
"Quick! Order the whole army to prepare for battle! We must drive the Shu army down the river!"
Now that the matter has come to this, Guanqiu Jian does not intend to continue to investigate who caused this situation. It is meaningless anyway. Now he must try his best to block the Shu army so that the Shu army cannot board the south bank.
Although the Han cavalry can now easily cross the Yellow River, this is not the end. Guanqiu Jian built a strong fort on the south bank early and built an earthen city on the spot.
These precautions are all in response to the Han army's landfall, ensuring that even if the Han army successfully lands, it will be difficult to expand the results.
"Ma Su! Seven years ago I was defeated by you because of the quality of my troops. Today I am bringing the elite of the Wei Dynasty. Let's see how you can defeat me!" Guanqiu Jian gritted his teeth as he looked at the approaching Han army. road.
"kill!!"
"Come on! Help the Han room!"
“Today is the day to make great achievements!”
Countless Han soldiers shouted and crossed the Yellow River smoothly, and rushed to the south bank of the Yellow River with great momentum.
"Soldiers! Follow me forward and defeat them!" Ma Su also abandoned the raft, directly mounted the mount that Shu Ji had brought him, and rushed to the beach head first.
Under Ma Di's personal leadership, the high-morale Han army soldiers collided with the Wei army who was waiting in full formation.
In just an instant, the calm beachhead turned into a huge meat grinder. Soldiers on both sides fought desperately to move forward, each charging forward without fear of death.
At any time, the melee is the most brutal. Soldiers from both sides were mixed together and fighting. Either they could win alive or they could lie on the ground. There was no third option.
In a very short time, a large number of soldiers turned into corpses lying on the ground. The blood gathered and flowed into the Yellow River, even making the water surface of the Yellow River near the south bank turn red!
However, under such brutal fighting, the Han army's progress was not smooth.
Ma Su rushed into the Wei army's formation as smoothly as ever, and the conflicts were like no one's land. However, Ma Di rushed and killed the three tong drums in the Wei army's formation, only to find that the follow-up troops could not keep up at all.
The combat effectiveness of these six-town troops and servants was obviously unqualified. Compared with Guanqiu Jian's elite Wei army, they were still far behind. Especially under Guan Qiujian's careful deployment, the Han army was blocked on a small beachhead and could not move.
Fortunately, although the Han army could not withstand the attack, the Wei army was not pushed into the water. The two sides can only continue to struggle on this beach until whoever can't hold on anymore.
And if it continues to be delayed, the Han army will obviously be the first to be unable to sustain it. After all, the Han soldiers were not only well-organized, but they also had to cross the Yellow River to fight on the south bank, so their physical strength might not be able to sustain them.
To this end, Ma Su responded quickly,
"Bo Yue, follow me, we have to behead him!" Ma Di quickly looked at the position of Wei Jun's commander's flag and made a decision immediately.
"If we look at the current situation, we will definitely lose, so we must capture the thief first and capture the king first, and kill Guanqiu Jian first!"
"So, all of you, follow me and charge!"
"No problem, General!" The personal guards who had followed Ma Su all year round replied without hesitation, and some of them even began to look nostalgic.
Since the Battle of Guanzhong, they have not followed Ma Su to ride into battle for three years.
"General, take us and charge again!"