Although it is faster for Liu Qi, Kuaiqi and others to come by boat than on land, as long as they choose a high mountain next to the river, climb up and look out, and arrange a few people at the foot of the mountain, and use flags or smoke at the top of the mountain, it will naturally
There was a way to notify the people at the foot of the mountain and quickly report back to the foot of Nanchong City.
Unless Liu Qi and Kuai Qi disembarked from the boat, pushed along the river bank, and then pulled out bit by bit, there would be no way to prevent such outposts from transmitting messages. Of course, the same goes for the outposts set up by Xu Huang.
There is no way to do anything to the Jingzhou ships traveling in the river. Apart from reporting the news, I can only watch these ships full of Jingzhou soldiers swaying in and sailing away...
Trebuchet?
This kind of accuracy almost refers to those who don’t hit that place. There must be a relatively wide area and dense coverage instead of accuracy. Otherwise, having only one or two aircraft is just looking at God’s favor, which is too unreliable. In addition, the military expedition
To the southwest, there were not a large number of craftsmen with the army, let alone Xu Huang's army in Nanchong, and there was no such technology, so even if some locations were really good, they could not set up ballistae or trebuchets to cover the river.
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Therefore, the place where Xu Huang sent soldiers to intercept the river became the first battlefield where the two sides fought.
Kuai Qi looked coldly at Xu Huang's soldier position on the hillside, then estimated the number of soldiers on both sides, and found that they were almost five hundred, so he exhaled and looked at the distance between the two sides, as well as the river bank and the surrounding area.
A large wooden fork that blocked part of the river channel was built on one side, like a horse. He suddenly smiled, then called the messenger, sent out a small boat, turned back, notified Liu Qi's troops behind, and ordered the troops at the front to let go.
A boat of soldiers first docked to form a line, and another boat was sent to the middle of the river, either towed or dragged, and began to clean up the blocking wooden forks that Xu Huang's soldiers had thrown into the river.
Xu Huang frowned.
At the sound of the order, Kuai Qi's soldiers jumped from the boat, stepped on the knee-deep water, and rushed to the shore. They did not rush towards Xu Huang and others who had been waiting for a long time, but carried their backs.
They quickly formed an array near the Han River. Behind them, the soldiers on the other three warships threw the anchors off the ship and roughly fixed the hull. They were about thirty steps away from the shore. They could clearly see,
Soldiers began to take up positions beside the boat. It is conceivable that if Xu Huang attacks Kuai Qi's soldiers arrayed on the shore, he will suffer a fatal blow from Kuai Qi's crossbowmen in the river.
"Cunning guy..."
Xu Huang muttered softly.
Xu Huang chose to form an array on the hillside and specially vacated the landing area. He also wanted to lure Kuai Qi and see if Kuai Qi would be careless and directly land on the beach. Then Xu Huang could choose to attack halfway across the river, or
You can use the range of the arrows to get a wave of whoring.
But now Kuai Qi just sent a boat of soldiers to the shore, and then most of the other soldiers were in the river. In turn, he lured Xu Huang, hoping that Xu Huang would break away from the original array on the hillside, march forward, and enter
Within the strike range of Kuai Qi's troops.
For Kuai Qi's side, who did not have many cavalry, had navy training, and came by boat, because they could put arrows in the cabin, they could carry more arrows than Xu Huang and others.
This is an innate advantage, so for Xu Huang, he cannot waste the archers' ammunition at will. However, Kuai Qi has much more room, and is even willing to shoot against Xu Huang's soldiers, and then if it is delayed until the middle and late stages,
Xu Huang's archers have exhausted all their arrows...
"Drum beating!" Xu Huang waved his hand, "Sword and shield hand! Move forward slowly!"
Fortunately, Kuai Qi's ships are all modified sterns and do not have tower ships. Naturally, there are no general tower ships equipped with some catapults. The crossbows and racket poles on the tower ships, although it does not matter whether it is the rate of fire or not.
The accuracy is still a bit worrying, but in fact, the ultimate goal of these crossbows is not to kill directly, but to quickly demoralize the opponent's soldiers. After all, everyone will be somewhat afraid of weapons that cannot be defended...
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"Ho! Ha!"
Xu Huang took two steps with his sword and shield, and advanced the front line a certain distance.
"Stop the sword and shield men! Get ready, archers!" Xu Huang ordered again. There was a distance of about thirty steps between Kuai Qi's array on the bank and the soldiers in the river, and this distance was a flaw that Xu Huang could seize.
Amidst the sound of war drums from both sides, arrows shot through the sky, crossed each other, and then poured towards the opponent's head.
Without any additional orders, Zheng Xi's sword and shield men had already raised their shields and pieced together a shield wall. The front row squatted, the back row stood, and the last row tilted their shields.
When placed diagonally on top of it, a shield wall was formed that was as tall as a person and had some inward width, completely shielding the soldiers behind the shield wall.
Under this situation, it is inevitable that there will be panic and tension, and the shield formation will be a little chaotic. However, the sword and shield bearers in the formation now are all soldiers who have been on the battlefield under the Zhengxi banner. They have seen bigger scenes and experienced denser arrow formations.
, the shooting density of the more than a hundred archers on the shore of Kuai Qi was like children's play house to them. Although it looked good, the actual effect was not much.
Although Kuai Qi's soldiers in the river also fired arrows, Xu Huang's infantry happened to be near the maximum shooting range. By chance, an arrow hit the shield, but because of the wind above the Han River, the arrow
When it fell, the angle was wrong, as if it was shot horizontally more than it was smashed down, not to mention it had no lethality.
After several rounds of exchanges between the two sides, Kuai Qi's soldiers on the shore suffered obvious casualties, and the array began to become a little loose. However, Xu Huang still did not order an attack, but slightly slowed down the frequency of the soldiers shooting bows and arrows.
Xu Huang calmly watched the battle at the foot of the hillside, and also saw that Kuai Qi was still on the warship. It was not clear that he had any intention of getting off the ship for the time being. This meant that the current battles were just appetizers, and the real relationship between the two sides was
The contest is far from over yet...
Xu Huang didn't believe that Kuai Qi would only send such a small group of people to break the formation, nor did he believe that Kuai Qi only had five warships here. This guy must have some other arrangements, but Xu Huang didn't know yet.
What other arrangements did Kuai Qi and others have? After all, among the mountains and rivers of Sichuan and Sichuan, even though there are sentries on some hills, it is not easy to keep an eye on the entire area. Therefore, to detect the opponent's movements,
It takes not only time, but also luck.
Everyone has a plan, it's just a matter of seeing whose plan is more thorough and practical.
General Zhengxi did a good job in intelligence, so Xu Huang knew that Liu Qi and Kuai Qi were not worthy of attention in front of the formation, so he didn't have to worry too much about a formation-breaking general suddenly coming from the side.
From another perspective, Liu Qi and Kuai Qi did not understand Xu Huang, which left Xu Huang with a certain amount of room for maneuver.
Of course, we have to prepare for the worst. If it doesn't work, we can give up intercepting the river for the time being, and then retreat to Nanchong. As long as we maintain control of Nanchong...
Xu Huang turned his eyes and seemed to have thought of something. He didn't know whether his guess about Kuai Qi and Liu Qi was correct, or how much error there was, but judging from the situation in front of him, it seemed that this guy really planned to do this.
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If he had not followed General Zhengxi, or had not gone through those glorious or shameful tactical discussions at the Martial Arts Hall, Xu Huang might not have the ability to detect the current battlefield, or in other words, any general who wants to
Growth is impossible without a long period of self-reflection and constant thinking.
Before Xu Huang, it can be said that he was a general who fought fiercely in front of the battle. In order to achieve victory at every stage, he would not hesitate to sacrifice the lives of his soldiers and fight fiercely. Although he would defeat his opponent at some stages, it was actually very easy.
Excessive battle losses will lead to a decline in sustained combat capabilities, which will easily lead to a shortening of the overall combat time of the unit, and will require longer training of new recruits and replenishment of combat power.
For example, in the previous confrontation between Xu Huang and Sima Yi, both sides had the same military strength. As long as the number of soldiers was enough to offset Xu Huang's personal force, then Sima Yi would definitely win in the end. Because Sima Yi can stall, even if Xu
Huang may have won some local victories, but in terms of overall battle losses and casualties, Sima Yi, who is good at defense, naturally has an advantage, and will slowly take the initiative on the entire battlefield.
Now, after experiencing precipitation and reflection, Xu Huang not only knows how to advance, but also learns how to retreat.
Seeing that his troops were occupying the top, Xu Huang not only did not order to move forward to squeeze and attack Kuai Qi's troops on the river bank, but instead ordered them to shrink back and appear ready to evacuate.
"Boom, rumble..."
Kuai Qi's troops in the Hanshui River saw Xu Huang's posture as if he was preparing to evacuate. They did not break away from the battle and pick up the soldiers who were seriously injured on the river bank. Instead, they sounded the war drums and pulled up the anchor.
They began to approach the shore, seeming to be preparing to all go ashore to pursue Xu Huang.
The ability to interpret the battlefield is a skill that Fei Qian, the general of the Western Conquest, has always emphasized to his generals. Xu Huang naturally learned some of it.
It is not that knowing how to use a spear to fight against a cavalry, using a sword and shield hand to fight against an archer, etc., is called understanding the battlefield, but it requires more and stronger observation and reasoning abilities.
Just like now, Xu Huang withdraws his soldiers, which is equivalent to indicating that he will give up the protection of the interception equipment that is less than half laid on the river. If the goal of Kuai Qi and others is only to intercept the interception equipment on these rivers, then
Kuai Qi will naturally take advantage of the situation to withdraw his troops, and then try his best to clear the intercepting objects on the river, and then he can move forward smoothly.
However, Kuai Qi did not choose such a relatively safe plan. Instead, he ordered the ships to dock, reinforced the soldiers who landed first, and pretended to want to compete with Xu Huang. Such behavior,
What does it mean?
If you don’t know how to interpret the entire battlefield and only focus on a small area in front of you, then naturally you will shout, come on, let’s have a good fight, etc. But if you focus on a higher level, from
By inferring Kuai Qi's intentions behind his actions, it is natural to make some conclusions...
Xu Huang and others retreated slowly, giving up a large area at the foot of the mountain, and began to gather up the hillside. It seemed that they were retreating regardless of Kuai Qi's soldiers.
Kuai Qi's Jingzhou soldiers lined up amid the sound of war drums, and then eagerly began to move forward, with one team in front and two teams behind, forming a triangular attack formation. They did not move slowly, but every twenty steps they took
, they had to stop to reorganize their formation, and then continue to move forward. Although they were chasing in a hurry, the formation was not chaotic.
"Dong, dong, rumble..."
The sound of war drums became louder and louder. Kuai Qi put on an aggressive posture and pressed towards Xu Huang's position. Every time the Jingzhou soldiers stopped to organize their formation, they would slap their shields, knock on the ground, and roar. Their momentum was also quite tyrannical.
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Although Xu Huang roughly guessed what tricks Kuai Qi wanted to do, not everyone could understand the soldiers brought by Xu Huang. Therefore, after seeing the Jingzhou soldiers pressing forward step by step,
, stimulated by the opponent's momentum, there were some subtle changes. The sword and shield hand held the sword tightly, and the spearman also tightened the gun barrel. It was obvious that the arms were a little stronger, not because of fear, but because of the impact of the opponent's war drums and soldiers.
The influence made me quite eager to try, ready to make a move, seeing the excitement of my opponent...
"Drum!" Xu Shu frowned slightly and shouted, "Hold on!" Since we are chasing so closely, let's fight. Who will have the last laugh? Who knows? With this little trick, I want to calculate it with someone.
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"Dong, dong, dong..." The steady sound of war drums rippled like water waves, impacting the ears of every soldier, soothing their anxiety and impulse. The junior non-commissioned officers in the frontline command roared almost at the same time.
Get up: "You bastard! Take a deep breath, don't worry! We're all stable!"
Xu Huang's soldiers stopped, took a few breaths, slowly relaxed, and quietly watched the Jingzhou soldiers approaching step by step, and then quietly waited for the battle to begin and the moment of fighting.
The Jingzhou soldiers arrived at the foot of the hillside and formed an attack pattern one after another. The soldiers at the forefront were only about thirty steps away from Xu Huang's front-line swordsmen and shieldmen. A short sprint could directly lead them to the front with cold weapons.
The fighting distance, at this distance, both sides can see each other's face clearly, and even those with good eyesight can see clearly even a few nose hairs of the other side sticking out...
Xu Huang stepped forward, not holding his battle ax but a battle knife. He patted the shoulder of the sword and shield man in the front row. The sword and shield man understood and turned his shield sideways to make way for Xu Huang.
Xu Huang took a step forward, revealed his body, raised his sword, pointed at Kuai Qi's banner by the river, and then said in a frivolous voice: "Idiot, let's fight!"
"Come to fight! Come to fight!" Xu Huang's soldiers immediately roared loudly, and their fighting spirit boiled for a while, "Fight! Fight! Fight!"
"You are the idiot, you fell into the trap..." Kuai Qi, who was watching the battle on the boat on the riverside, heard Xu Huang's provocation and became a little angry. She sneered and then shouted, "Send the order! Attack!"
