The intensity of the fighting in the upper reaches of the Tongtan River suddenly increased so much that the troops on both sides were caught off guard. As a result, at the most intense moment of the battle, no one could provide timely and effective support. When they gathered their troops and rushed to the battlefield,
The outcome of the war has already become clear.
Although the cooperation between the two sides is somewhat disconnected, their respective situations are still somewhat different.
The Western Wei Dynasty was simply too late, because its troops were already limited, and this area was not a mature battlefield. The terrain had to be rectified to allow large groups of troops and various war equipment to move forward and retreat easily. Therefore, the Right Army was in Tongtan.
While resisting the enemy on the upper reaches of the water, the Chinese army was still busy digging trenches, shoveling the ground, and building fortifications.
When Li Tai received the news that the enemy had launched a large-scale attack, he did not dare to throw the Chinese troops into it immediately. He first lined up the Chinese army to wait for the enemy, and made sure that the enemy was only attacking from the side.
Deploy a group of divisions and brigades to approach the Right Army's positions and provide certain reinforcements and support.
As for the Qi Army, they just felt that it was not necessary. As the party that took the initiative to launch the attack, the strength of the attack itself was very considerable. Unless the Chinese Army had a clear order to launch a full-line attack, the troops who attacked alone would definitely be
It is enough to cope with this local war on the flanks. The only difference lies in the size of the profit.
If the attacking troops can successfully break through the enemy's side battle formation and lock in the advantage, it will not be too late for the troops from the rear to pursue. Otherwise, if they pursue blindly, it may cause the left-wing front to be disconnected from the central army.
This gives the enemy a chance to defeat them separately.
Therefore, when the Qi army in the rear saw that the situation was not good and gathered troops again, it was difficult to directly affect the progress of the battle on the front line.
When the supporting divisions and brigades were assembled on the south bank of the Tongda River, the defeat of the troops in the north was revealed, and groups of troops retreated. If they wanted to advance forward, conflicts would inevitably occur. Therefore, these troops who were assembled later were forced to retreat.
The division and brigade could only stop on the south bank to support the withdrawal of the frontline troops, and it was difficult to move directly across the river to the north to reverse the situation of the war.
Although the Wei army's chariot formation was fixed, the cavalry formation could move flexibly. In addition to the thousand-man elite cavalry led by He Ruodun, the troops that Gao Lin had previously led to fight with the enemy were retreating for a while.
After resting and recuperating, they took advantage of the enemy's chaos and fought back from the flank along the north bank of the Tongda River to intercept and contain the enemy's formation.
Even though there were still a considerable number of soldiers in the Qi army who did not rush into the car formation when they saw that the situation was not good, they were still at a loss due to the arrest of the general. If they were attacked by the Wei army again at this time, they would inevitably be in chaos and flee in panic.
Some soldiers returned the same way, while others waded directly into the water and retreated. The scene was chaotic for a while.
At this time, He Ruoden took advantage of this victory, gathered all the troops of the right route army, and launched a counterattack southward using the chariot formation as the starting point. The enemy soldiers who fled in panic seemed to have transformed into the Wei army's vanguard, passing directly by.
After the river, they rushed for a long distance, and then stopped under the interception of their own troops, and the position behind them had been completely occupied by the Wei army.
After the Wei army advanced to the south bank of the Tongda River, the infantry formed a formation along the river and piled earth as a weir to build a more convenient advance and retreat channel in the upper reaches of the river. The cavalry continued to advance forward, taking advantage of the fact that the enemy's camp line had not yet been stable.
There was destruction among the enemy formations. Many felt tents, materials, supplies for people and horses piled in the camp were burned, and the scene became a mess for a while.
It was not until Duan Shao and his troops hurriedly joined the battle that the chaotic situation was somewhat controlled. The Wei knights who rushed into the camp and wreaked havoc were expelled, and the camp was recaptured. However, it was difficult to put away the burned and damaged materials.
, and the enemy's front line was pushed to the south of Tongda River in one fell swoop. It became particularly difficult to build a solid front line under the enemy's nose, and it was necessary to be constantly harassed by the enemy.
"Where are you generals and masters?"
As soon as the battle started, the battlefield area he was responsible for suffered such a setback. Duan Shao's face turned pale for a while. After driving back the enemy troops in the camp, he summoned some of the soldiers who had fought before and looked around.
Qi Lianmeng was not seen, so Duan Shao asked angrily.
"General, the general rushed into the enemy's formation and killed the enemy bravely. Either, or the country is already dead..."
The soldiers were still in shock. They looked at each other and didn't know the real news about the general, so they answered cautiously.
When Duan Shao heard this, his face suddenly became even more ugly: "It's ridiculous! In a battle, you can't even know the whereabouts of the general. How can you win in such chaos!"
Before he had time to investigate further, the envoy from the Chinese army had already arrived on horseback, asking about the battle damage and asking for accountability.
Duan Shao gathered all the soldiers who had retreated and took stock. He found that nearly three thousand soldiers had been lost in a single attack. In particular, even the left wing forward general Qi Lianmeng had disappeared. His life and death were unknown. He could definitely be called a soldier.
A disastrous defeat.
Duan Shao knew that this defeat was really serious, not only in the casualties of the soldiers, but also in the blow to the morale of the entire army caused by the defeat in the first battle. Since Qi Lianmeng, who had made the decision without permission, was nowhere to be found, he could only bite the bullet and head to the Chinese Army.
Please forgive me.
However, when he arrived at the Chinese army camp, the leader of Qi, Gao Yang, did not summon him directly. Instead, he sent a message to his subordinates: "The king was not to blame for the defeat of the former division. Please return to the battle and defend yourself, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy."
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After Duan Shao heard this, he had no choice but to retreat to the formation. In addition to asking for forgiveness, he also wanted to ask the Chinese army to allocate some of the materials that had been damaged and lost by the enemy. But now he can't even see the emperor, so naturally he can't.
I dare to ask for trouble.
However, he did not have to worry about lack of supplies, because not long after he returned, another messenger from the Chinese army arrived, directly conveying the emperor's order, and transferred a large number of soldiers who originally belonged to the left route army's battle order, so that Duan Shao could
The commanding army was reduced by more than half.
After Duan Shao received this military order, he was stunned for a moment, and then immediately ordered his cronies to cooperate with the messenger to enter the camp to gather the troops who needed to be transferred for delivery. He himself led a group of soldiers to go on a patrol. Based on the current situation,
The situation between ourselves and the enemy re-adjusted the defense.
When Gao Yang learned that the losses in the battle on the left were so heavy, he felt extremely angry. The reason why he refused to meet Duan Shao was because he did not want to break up with him face to face at this critical moment.
The offensive launched by Qi Lianmeng lost so many men and horses, but it was not without gain. At least it revealed a major killer move hidden by the enemy.
As the enemy's tactics were exposed, Gao Yang and his generals discussed how to defeat the formation. Combining the personal experiences told by some defeated soldiers, they all realized that this formation was a threat to cavalry warfare.
The pertinence of the formation is indeed somewhat difficult to crack with cavalry tactics, and cavalry should not be used in this battlefield environment at all.
However, if cavalry is not used in battle, then this formation will have almost no restrictions on other arms. It is difficult to form a complete and solid defense line with these chaotically arranged chariots alone, which can be allowed to be penetrated by infantry soldiers. If dispatched
When heavy armored infantry joins the battle, it is not difficult to destroy those chariot obstacles.
In addition, there is a more effective way. Since the car formation is a bit tricky, you can directly bypass this place and attack from another direction!
Duan Shao's left army did not have many heavy infantry formations. If he wanted to break the enemy's formation, he would need to mobilize a group of combatants from the Chinese army. After some consideration, Gao Yang chose a more convenient approach.
, temporarily gave up the battle for positions on the upper reaches of the Tongda River, and devoted its troops to battles in other directions.
Of course, this decision means weakening the combat function of the Left Army. However, under the circumstances of losing such an ugly first battle, Gao Yang was treated this way as a very merciful and lenient punishment. If it were changed
It is basically impossible for others to serve as the commander-in-chief of the left army without being implicated and punished.
As part of the left military division brigade was recruited into the Chinese army, the number of Chinese troops and horses directly reached 100,000. Of course, it is impossible for so many troops and horses to be thrown into the battlefield at once. Not only is the battlefield environment restricted,
It is difficult to flexibly dispatch and command such a large combat force in a timely and effective manner using various means of communicating orders.
Gao Yang first dispatched 20,000 infantry and cavalry to be led by the Chinese forward Xue Guyan, and gave him an important task, which was to attack the north bank of the Tongda River before dark in the evening and establish an army on the other bank.
A stable offensive position to prepare for the Japanese army to advance northward and directly attack the main force of the Wei army's central army.
At the same time, he also ordered the right commander He Baren to pay close attention to the progress of the war in the middle direction. When the main force of the enemy army was attracted to the line of Tongda River, He Baren could lead the right division along the Zhuo River.
Zhangshui marched northward and launched an attack from the enemy's left flank, causing them to lose sight of one thing.
After some tactical adjustments by Gao Yang, the Qi army launched an attack again in the afternoon. Although it no longer had the majestic momentum of thousands of cavalry galloping before, the dark army formation advanced straight towards the Tongtan River, which also gave people
With great pressure.
Fu Jian of the former Qin Dynasty once confidently said that throwing a whip could cut off the flow of water to show his strong military strength. Now, the scene of cutting off the flow of the Tongda River with a whip has actually been staged.
The soldiers of the Qi army did not throw horse whips into the river. Instead, they carried earth and wood and threw them into the river. Under the push of thousands of people, the Tongtan River narrowed rapidly and became extremely short.
Within a short period of time, a dam appeared on the river for people and horses to gallop northward!
As the embankment was built, Xue Guyan took the lead and rushed north. At the same time, he shouted to the soldiers in the rear: "The Qiang thieves are like grass waiting to be cut. My sons, please quickly follow me to kill the enemy and perform meritorious service!"