Chapter 1271 Arrays also have advantages and disadvantages
Fei Qian looked at the terrain, pointed at the array of senior cadres, turned to Zhang Xiu and asked: "If I leave it to you, how will you fight?"
"Junhou!" Zhang Xiu, who was originally a little downcast, suddenly raised his head, and there was a squeak on his neck. Zhang Xiu originally thought that he was lucky enough to give up the punishment, but he didn't expect Fei Qian to ask him what he wanted.
Fighting seemed to indicate that Fei Qian was still willing to trust him and let him continue to lead the troops in battle. For a moment, he couldn't believe it.
"It's okay, let's talk about it." Fei Qian turned around and did not continue to look at Zhang Xiu. There was no change in his attitude, as if he was talking about whether he wanted to eat soup cakes or corn at night.
"Wei!" Zhang Xiu was as energetic as if he had taken a shot of chicken blood. He stared at the high-ranking camp in front of him with bright eyes, and after pondering for a moment, he said, "This thief is trying to lure the enemy again!
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Fei Qian neither nodded nor shook his head, but said: "Continue."
Zhang Xiu glanced at Fei Qian and suddenly his heart beat loudly. Was he right? Or was he wrong? Or was he partly right and partly wrong? Zhang Xiu, who couldn't find any auxiliary answer from Fei Qian's face, could only
He continued nervously as he had originally thought: "I would like to inform you that the left wing of Yuan Jun's formation is supported by a mountain stronghold and is steep on three sides. The only flat slope is occupied by Yuan Jun's central formation, while the right wing is far away on the other side.
If we attack the right wing, we have to go around the mountain, and this flank will inevitably be attacked..."
Zhang Xiu glanced at Fei Qian again, but still couldn't get any information from Fei Qian's face, so he had to bite the bullet and continue: "If we attack the center directly, on the one hand we must be careful about the right wing attacking behind us, and on the other hand we must be careful of the right wing attacking from behind.
The side will be attacked by copycat bows and arrows again, and the losses will be heavy..."
"..." Fei Qian waited for a moment and found Zhang Xiu stopped, glanced at Zhang Xiu, and said, "What else?"
"Ah? There's more?" Zhang Xiu's eyes almost fell out of his eyes. He looked up and down carefully at Yuan Jun's formation, and said repeatedly, "This... is gone..."
Fei Qian raised his eyebrows, pointed into the distance with his hand, and said, "You haven't considered the terrain on its right wing yet."
"Terrain?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiu stood up on his horse, looked over, and said, "There is a meadow on the right... What do you mean by Junhou, there is an ambush in the meadow?"
In front of the right wing is a quite large meadow. Although it is already autumn, the weeds are not completely withered yet. There is a large area of yellow and green, and there seems to be some flashes of light...
Bright light?!
Is it the cold light of swords and guns?
Zhang Xiu almost blurted out, but when he thought about it, he felt something was wrong. The grass in the meadow was not very high, at most it was as high as his knees. If he really wanted to hide his troops, he would have to either dig a hole or lie down directly on the ground.
, but the problem is that the terrain of Caodianzi itself is low. At first glance, Caodianzi is quite flat. Although the area is not small, there are no potholes or signs of being overwhelmed as expected...
"That's water light." Fei Qian gave the answer directly, "There must be water under the meadow..."
"It turns out to be water!" Zhang Xiu understood instantly, and then said angrily, "What a cunning thief! If the king hadn't been so insightful, he would have taken advantage of him!"
Fei Qian smiled and said in his heart, I will tell you that it is not what I saw, but that Gong Jun and his scouts had already surveyed the terrain here? If the location of the mountain spring in the village was not so good, maybe now
Just thinking about ordering some croton or something, and then waiting for a long time, wouldn’t everything be over?
"Hmm..." Fei Qian hummed in disbelief, and then said, "What's more?"
"..." Zhang Xiu's face wrinkled.
There is no way. Although Zhang Xiu followed Zhang Ji and was born in the Xiliang border army, the problem is that this military knowledge is not determined by his background, and like Fei Qian, he first has a theoretical foundation and then a lot of practice. Even at the beginning
It's a half bucket of water, and now it's almost eighty full, so it's naturally much better than Zhang Xiu's.
"There are also military books in the Pingyang Lecture Hall. Remember to read more when you go back." Fei Qian did not continue to embarrass Zhang Xiu and raised his chin slightly, "Have you forgotten where Yuan Jun came from? There must be something like this on the far right wing.
The follow-up soldiers who came from the mountain road in a few days are waiting for us..."
"That's it!" Zhang Xiu suddenly realized.
"The left wing is a cottage, so it is difficult to attack by force. The center formation is sunken and heavily defended. If you really want to hit the center, you will be attacked from three directions. There is also a wet meadow on the right wing, which makes it difficult for our cavalry to use it. Overall, this formation is
The layout is quite good..." Fei Qian chuckled, "But... obviously, this formation also has weaknesses..."
"...The formation is too long?" Zhang Xiu's eyes lit up.
In ancient wars, the so-called famous generals are not based on being able to win more with less every time, but on the basis that every battle that can be won must be won.
The number of soldiers on both sides, often tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, is not uncommon in ancient Chinese wars, but not such a large number of soldiers are on the battlefield in person, fighting flesh and blood. The vast majority of them
Strictly speaking, soldiers are actually spectators, and they are spectators who can only listen to the sound. There are many people who go to the battlefield huffing and puffing, and then do nothing, and the whole battle is won or lost.
The formation of Gao Gan makes good use of the terrain, but in order to make use of these terrains, the entire formation has to be pulled apart. The left wing is high and the right wing is low, forming a long strip. Naturally, the formation is longer.
Fei Qian nodded, then added, laughed twice, and said: "Yes, and the most important thing is that this formation is mainly defensive, so..."
"What is the most effective way to deal with troops that cannot move in a large area?" Fei Qian chuckled twice, waved back, and asked Huang Xu, "Has the crossbow vehicle been assembled?"
Easy to carry and powerful are two different requirements, just like two people sitting on a seesaw. One is lighter and the other is heavier. To achieve balance, the two people are neither light nor heavy...
This time when he came from Pingyang, Fei Qian brought ten portable crossbows that had just come off the production line at Huang's Workshop. Thanks to the good quality of the steel produced by Huang's Workshop, the fasteners that originally needed to be riveted with wood can be
The steel parts are inlaid for replacement and have higher strength. Although the overall weight has increased a bit, it is not too difficult to carry after disassembling the weight.
The crossbow cart was quickly pushed up. The black-painted crossbow cart was stupid, bulky and inconspicuous. Only after the crossbow gun was mounted, did it reveal a ferocious face.
The swordsman and shield bearer stepped aside a little to both sides, allowing the crossbow carts to be displayed in front of the formation. The craftsmen accompanying the army quickly inspected the ten crossbow carts one by one, and then signaled to Fei Qian that they were ready.
Fei Qian waved his hand, indicating that it was time to start.
"Boom!"
Before Yuan Bing could react and see clearly what was being pushed out from the opposite side, a long crossbow had already passed through the sky between the two armies, roaring straight down!
"Ballista!" Gao Gan's pupils shrank sharply.
unacceptable!
Aren't the ballistas used for defense on top of the city? How could they appear in a place like this, before the two armies confront each other!
Before the senior officer could figure out what was going on, or even think about what he was going to do next, the roaring crossbow had directly penetrated the chest of a Yuan Jun soldier, and then broke with a "click"
The thigh bone of a soldier behind him stopped with hesitation.
"Wow..." Many soldiers subconsciously made sounds in Yuan Jun's battle formation.
"Calm down! Steady!" The junior sergeant Yuan Jun shouted subconsciously to maintain order in the battle formation.
The soldiers who formed a formation in the Han Dynasty did not shout loudly when they saw the crossbows coming, and then spread out and fell to the ground to avoid the attack, as they did in later generations. Instead, they could only close their eyes and pray to God to let fate.
God decides everything. Because once dispersed, the entire array will be scattered, and it is simply wishful thinking to regroup when the two armies face each other.
"Boom boom boom..."
After the test firing was over, the crossbow car with the scale determined began to fire at Yuan Jun's central formation in an orderly manner. Each crossbow gun, with a sharp whistle, fiercely rushed towards Gao Gan's central army position.
The high-ranking officer immediately fell into an extremely embarrassing situation. If he stayed still, he would be a living target for Fei Qian. Even though such crossbows could not kill all the Chinese soldiers, the damage to morale would be
And huge.
When the two armies were fighting in hand-to-hand combat, the casualties were even more tragic than now. However, at that time, all the soldiers' attention was on the enemy. The casualties of their comrades around them were not their focus. But it is different now. It is completely different.
Same……
Every soldier who died or was injured was under the eyes of everyone in the Yuan army. They either died happily, with blood flowing from their stomachs to the ground, or they were penetrated by crossbows but not yet killed, and were killed by the soldiers behind them.
Dragging and screaming all the way to the back, every Yuan Army soldier in the formation felt the threat of death. No one knew whether he would be the next to die, and no one knew the crossbows of the Zhengxi Soldiers Formation on the opposite side.
How long will the gun keep firing?
Although Zhengxi's ballistae did not fire very fast, it had a very long range. Yuan Jun could only stand and take the beating. Even if the range of the archers hidden in the village was doubled, they would still not be able to reach even a hair of Zhengxi's array.
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"Retreat the central army further, or withdraw to the camp? Or stay here until the crossbow chariots from Zhengxi shoot out all their crossbows? Or send people to rush forward to engage in the battle? Or send the right wing
Attack those ballistas in front of the formation?" Gao Gan swallowed and hesitated, because no matter which option it was, it was not the most ideal answer.
The mountain stronghold is halfway up the mountain. Where can we retreat to? There is no road above the mountain, and there is no better platform to form an array. Although it is safest to retreat to the camp, it is not that easy to get out again.
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Going up to fight head-on would undoubtedly mean giving up one's own advantages, so what's the point of having worked so hard to set up this formation? It would have been easier to set up a serious ordinary formation directly at the foot of the mountain. Besides, if you move here,
, there is no left wing, and the right wing may not be able to catch up. It is simply equivalent to going out alone. What do you want to do if you are not seeking death?
Just when Gao Gan was stunned for a moment, he suddenly heard an extremely shrill scream, and a crossbow gun passed by him like lightning and pierced the waist and leg of one of his guards!
Amid the screams, blood spurted out and splashed onto Gao Gan's cheeks, causing Gao Gan's facial muscles to twitch so hot.
This is just the beginning. When the crossbows one after another are heading towards the military order flag of the senior cadres, even the most dull people understand the current danger. These crossbows are all aimed at the senior cadres!
This Zhengxi's ballista can actually adjust its angle and aim at him!
This, this is really too much!
Can we still have fun playing together...
For a moment, Gao Gan had the urge to rush forward, but looking at the cavalry team that had prepared for the expedition to the west, Gao Gan could only grin and give up the idea.
Watching soldiers die in the distance ahead is a completely different concept than watching the guards around you die. Senior officers can yell at the soldiers arrayed in front to stabilize, and they can ask the non-commissioned officers at the grassroots level to lead the ordinary soldiers without taking a step back.
He stood his ground in confusion, but it was his turn to face the threat of death. Looking at the guards on the left and right who were still penetrated and killed even if they were holding shields, the muscles on Gao Gan's cheeks twitched non-stop. After all, he couldn't help but give the order.
He chose the safest move, retreated to the camp, and gave up the head-on confrontation with General Fei Qian of the Expedition to the West.
If only the casualties of his soldiers were casualties, and the senior officials still had some confidence to persevere, they would be treated as wasted in combat, but when they face a life-and-death threat, of course they cannot afford to spend it...
The high-ranking Chinese army retreated one after another. It was not a big problem because it was originally on the hillside and it was just a matter of gradually retreating. But it was a pain for the right-wing troops who were originally deployed farther away when they heard the order to withdraw their troops.
After that, I couldn't help but be stunned, and then I couldn't help but curse my mother.
At such a distance, it was the Chinese army that withdrew first. There was no cover for the right wing during the entire return journey. This was because the cavalrymen in Zhengxi were all puppets. I still felt that Zhengxi would be kind and could take it easy.
Just go back like this?
"Ah hahaha, idiot! Where are you running!"
Just as Gao Gan's right wing hurriedly came towards the mountain stronghold, Zhang Xiu was already shouting and rushing over with his cavalry to intercept them.
Using Zhang Xiu as an arrow, Bingzhou wolf cavalry surged up, forming a very standard and simple arrow array. The two wings held swords and guns and held shields, while the cavalry in the middle held bows and fired arrows at the Yuan army in front.
The feathered arrows whizzed out and whizzed through the air. From time to time, soldiers of the retreating right-wing Yuan army were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
Zhang Xiu laughed loudly: "Quick! Quick! Get rid of these idiots!"
Zhang Xiu's spear was like a living thing, stabbing, drawing or picking, killing instantly. Yuan's army's right wing, which hurriedly retreated to the stronghold, was defeated. Originally, Yuan's army had seen blood in Jizhou and was more or less an elite soldier. Now, now
But like sheep, when they see their comrades being killed, they dare to bleat and run to the stronghold with their heads down, because they all know that if they can't run back to the stronghold, they will all die!
Gao Gan, who had fled back to the stronghold, looked at the right wing that had been intercepted by Pingpo before, and suddenly realized what kind of disaster his momentary negligence had caused to the right wing by giving the order to retreat, and his throat creaked.
There was a loud sound, and finally he screamed miserably: "Shoot! Shoot! Shoot to hold the position!"
The archers in the village quickly fired arrows, but they could not reach Zhang Xiu and others. Instead, they wounded and killed many right-wing soldiers who had not had time to escape...
Looking at the three-color Zhengxi battle flag in the distance, Gao Gan felt that his legs and feet were weak and his head was a little dizzy. He barely managed to maintain his standing posture by holding on to the wall of the village. He knew in his heart that this time, it was over.
