Chapter 287: The Battle of Guanzhong (12)
From Shi Bao's orders to the attack of his cavalry, Li Fu was killed by Wen Yang, only more than an hour. Li Fu's team, with 15,000 cavalry, had already fallen into complete chaos at this time and became a lamb slaughtered by the Han cavalry.
The equipment of both sides is basically the same, the quality of the war horses is similar, and the strength of the troops is completely the same. The reason why such a rapid one-sided situation is completely an intuitive reflection of the quality gap between the generals of both sides.
"Tell us the order, the cavalry retreated and wandered outside our infantry formation!"
"promise!"
"Tell me the order, the sword and shield soldiers who had just retreated came forward and protected the side on the left and right wings of the spearmen."
"promise!"
With Shi Bao's order, the Jin army began to change its formation: the formation composed of three rectangular bodies began to transform towards the circular formation. As for the circular formation, this is the standard formation to be prepared to retreat.
Jiang Wei, who was commanding the Han army, of course, saw Shi Bao's change of formation, but he also said he was powerless: the Jin army had nearly 30,000 more troops than the Han army, and the thickness of the troops was considerable. Although the Han army's chariot hanging array always ensured that the enemy's troops were completely defeated on the other side facing the enemy. However, the disadvantage of this formation is that the enemy's face is limited. No matter how high the exchange ratio is, as long as the enemy has enough troops, it will take a lot of time to kill the opponent and collapse.
"Send an order. After the enemy cavalry retreats, our cavalry will return to the position. Then the chariots retreat into the round formation. The spearmen quickly move forward to the west!"
"promise!"
With the orders of the commanders of both sides, the two large corpses returned to their formation shortly after the battle began: the Han army's spearmen against the Jin army's spearmen.
The current battle situation has become like this: the Jin army cannot break through the Han army's obstacles so as to return to the east. Although the Han army has an advantage, it cannot completely defeat the Jin army. Moreover, as the sun sets down to the west, the eyes of the Han soldiers are increasingly disturbed. Their attack speed unconsciously slows down.
Relatively speaking, the direction of the Jin army's retreat became more and more proactive. All the Han army could do was to stick tightly... The two large corps were biting each other, and the front line began to slowly move to the northeast.
"Hi! Shi Zhongrong is indeed a famous general who can be compared with Deng Shizai. In such a defeat, he can still ensure that the entire army will not be in chaos."
"General, now is not the time to praise the enemy. The sun is about to set. Even if the daytime is long during the summer, it will be dark for only one and a half hours. Will our army fight at night?"
"Well, Ye Zhan...change it, how is the situation with Grand Sima now?"
"The news sent three hours ago is that Grand Sima is still fighting against the Jin army's rear guard forces. Although he has the advantage, he cannot be sure when the war will end."
"Where is Zihui?"
"Long Zihui's cavalry came to report for three quarters of an hour, and there was no large army advancing westward in Chang'an."
"Well, Du Yuankai is really calm." Jiang Wei, who had been pulling his beard for a long time, finally spoke after a long exam: "Tell me the whole army continue to stick to Shibao's troops. The cavalry went around the northeast and forced the enemy to the south bank of Qishui!"
"Uh... General, there is..."
"I know that it is the place of Maoling! Just so I ask Emperor Wu to take a look at the heroic posture of my great man!"
Speaking of which, the place where Jiang Wei and Shi Bao fought a decisive battle is called Xianyang Yuan. It starts from Wugong in the west and ends at the intersection of Jingwei and Weiwei in the east. During the Three Kingdoms period, the Wei River to the south, and there is a small river to the north: Qishui.
After the two armies fought on the north bank of the Wei River, Shi Bao's plan to advance eastward and return to Chang'an went bankrupt. However, because the Han army could not completely defeat the Jin army, the Jin army still stubbornly advanced to the northeast - after all, it was getting closer and closer to Chang'an.
After this detour, the two armies came to the vicinity of Maoling - this is the mausoleum of Liu Che, the emperor of the great Han Dynasty.
Time passed quickly, and the sky finally became dark. The two armies temporarily broke off contact and set up camp on both sides of Maoling.
"Father, the results of the war are counted. Today, during the day, our army lost more than 27,000 people."
Of course, not all of these more than 27,000 people were killed, and a considerable number of them were deserters. The morale of the entire Jin army is now extremely sluggish. The Guanzhong army and the Luoyang army, which were originally in Guanzhong, are now starting to flee.
"It's okay. Only under such a disadvantage did more than 27,000 people be lost, which has exceeded my father's expectations."
"But my father, after dawn tomorrow..."
"According to Jiang Boyue's playing style today, he will not be able to defeat our army tomorrow. Oh, tomorrow, it depends on whether Du Yuankai can have the courage to rush out of Chang'an City to support us. After all, this place is less than a hundred miles away from Chang'an City!"
"Father, when it comes to this, we are less than a hundred miles away from Chang'an now. If we leave this army behind..."
"Qi Nuer, don't say this. After losing this army, the country will not be able to produce more than 100,000 elite troops within five years. Then don't talk about Yongzhou, even Sizhou will be in danger."
"Father, this is exactly what the child wants to say. Today, compared to Emperor Jing and Emperor Wen, it is really far behind! If he immediately sent his father or Uncle Chen to take charge of Guanzhong after replacing Wei, how could this be the case? If the Luoyang Central Army was still able to fight as before, how could this be the case? If he had made up his mind to come and fight with Western Shu in Guanzhong, instead of adding fuel to tens of thousands or tens of thousands of yuan one after another, how could this be the case? If he had made up his mind to bring the whole country to the decisive battle with Western Shu, instead of adding fuel to tens of thousands or tens of thousands of yuan one after another, how could this be the case? Father, such an emperor, what could we do if we bring this army back intact?"
"Qi Nuer, what do you want to say?"
"Haha, father, do you leave your second brother behind and cut off the rear? Is it really just a simple desire to stabilize the morale of the army?"
"You! Alas, Qi Nuer, sometimes you are just too smart."
"Father, it's not that my son is smart. But as a noble family, it is common for him to bet on many things if he wants to ensure the long-term prosperity of the family. Isn't this the Xun family, Zhuge family, and the Pei family and Huan family in the past? Although my Shi family used to be very low in family background, after my father's struggle, he is now a first-class family in the Great Jin Dynasty. And my father has so many sons, shouldn't he bet on the bet on his own?"
"Hmph, can you see the situation clearly?"
"It's just that my father, the child didn't understand why you asked your second brother to go to Western Shu instead of sending your child to Western Shu."
"Hey! You guys! Although Western Shu has been cheered up, after all, they have always adhered to the former Han system and suppressed the aristocratic families too much. How long can such a national policy last? I am still not optimistic about being a father. Although our Shi family was also very humble before, it was just as you said... Huh? What's the sound?"
At this time, the Jin army and the Han army were less than three miles apart. In the late night, Shi Bao and Shi Chong suddenly heard the sound of singing that shook the sky from the Han army camp opposite.
"Han generals Jiang Wei, Ma Jie, Lai Zhong, Xi Long... bowed to the spirit position of Huo Cavalry. Fuqian's spirit of the champion Hou God of War, bless my great Han soldiers to safely fight the battle formation and have a brilliant record!"
"Han general Jiang Wei, Ma Guo, Zhao Tong, Xiang Chong... bowed to the spirit of General Wei. Fuqi Changping's spirit in the sky, bless our army to win the decisive battle tomorrow and restore Chang'an!"
"Han minister Jiang Wei, horses pass... kowtowed to the tomb of Emperor Wu of Han. Knocked to the tomb late at night to disrupt Emperor Wu's rest and commit death sentences! However, the Han Dynasty is revived, and this is a move. I pray for Emperor Wu to exorcise the mighty power of heaven and bless my great man to fight to the decisive battle tomorrow! Restoring the Han Dynasty and returning to the old capital!"
"Restoring the Han Dynasty is restored to the old capital!" "Restoring the Han Dynasty is restored to the old capital!"
If we say that since Zhuge Liang’s memorial to start his journey forty years, this sentence has been just a slogan forty years. Then today, this goal has become within reach!
I don’t know who started it, but as soon as the song sounded, countless Han soldiers spoke and responded. The power of this song was so powerful that not only the soldiers of the Han army, but also those Bizka, Mengzihei, Juren, Di, Nanzhong, Yi, and Qiang couldn’t help but sing.
"The wind blows and the clouds fly, and the power is spreading to the sea and return to my hometown. How can I get a strong man to guard all directions..."
"The wind blows and the clouds fly, and the power is spreading to the sea and return to my hometown. How can I get a strong man to guard all directions..."
This is the strongest shout of the Yan Han in 470 years. It has been forty-eight years since Cao Pi replaced the Han Han... The suburbs of Chang'an, the former capital of the Han Dynasty, and Han songs echoed in the sky again!
Chapter completed!