At dawn, Gao Yang was still sleeping. Suddenly, soldiers outside his tent shouted to report that the Right Route Army was under enemy attack. After learning about this, Gao Yang immediately lost all sleepiness, stood up, put on his clothes, and repeatedly asked about the military situation.
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The Qi army had strong troops and set up camps along the Jiahe River. The camps of the middle route army and the left route army were all set up west of the Zhuozhang River and south of the Tongtan River. The right army led by He Baren relied on the plateau wall east of the Zhuozhang River.
Set up camp.
Although the location of the right route army is outside the main battlefield, it can still bypass the enemy's main position and continue to advance north. At the same time, it deliberately observes the enemy's layout and movements more intuitively, and can cooperate with the troops on the main battlefield when necessary.
Offensive, targeting the enemy's flanks to harass and outflank them.
Since the Right Route Army does not undertake the frontal offensive task, but only provides support on the flanks, the number of troops allocated is not large, with only more than 10,000 combat personnel.
Gao Yang saw the Wei army overhauling the fortifications in his camp last night, and he suspected that the Wei army might withdraw from the battlefield to lure the enemy deeper. He sent someone to remind He Baren to be more vigilant, and at the same time sent 5,000 additional cavalry to strengthen it.
The combat effectiveness of the department.
The night had not yet ended, and the enemy troops indeed made some movement, but it was not a retreat as Gao Yang had guessed, but an active attack.
Since the sky was still dark at the moment, it was not known exactly how many Wei troops were crossing the river to attack the camp. However, because He Baren himself had rich combat experience and was reminded by His Majesty the Emperor, he was able to successfully detect the enemy's incoming attack and make early warnings.
The counterattack did not allow the enemy's treacherous plan to succeed. The two sides were still fighting. While He Baren was commanding his troops to resist attacking the enemy, he sent people to the Chinese army camp to report the news.
After listening to the report from his subordinates, Gao Yang frowned slightly. For him, the top decision-maker on the battlefield, temporary activeness or passivity in the war is nothing, but if he loses his judgment on the enemy's trends,
The situation is more serious and will directly affect the choice of subsequent response strategies.
Last night, the enemy army built a lot of fortifications in its position, with a posture of holding on to the camp. Then it would be more reasonable whether it is to hold on or the main force to retreat. Now it is taking the initiative to attack the flank battlefield. This is undoubtedly the same as its previous behavior.
The performance is contradictory.
And even if the enemy wants to take advantage of yesterday's day's victory and continue to expand its advantage, then the left wing of the Qi army where Duan Shao is located, or the offensive position established by Xue Guyan on the north bank of the Tongda River, has been suppressed before the attack.
, which is also enough to reveal the enemy's fighting spirit and aggressiveness.
But today, when he took the risk to launch a night attack, he chose another force deployed by the Qi army outside the main battlefield. Even if they were lucky enough to win and seize the position on the east bank of the Zhuozhang River, it would not have much impact on the frontal battlefield.
Big. It just deprived the Qi army of a side view to monitor the opponent's movements and disturb the enemy. Could it be that the Wei army was far inferior to its own forces and wanted to outflank it?
After thinking about it for a while, Gao Yang still insisted on his previous judgment, believing that the enemy still wanted to leave, and everything he did was just to facilitate this goal. Looking at Wei Jun's actions under this line of thinking, it follows that
The answer is that the presence of the right division and brigade of the Qi army posed a great threat to the withdrawal of the main force of the Wei army, so a night attack was launched.
Thinking of this, Gao Yang immediately sent an order to He Baren, telling him to stick to his position and not be driven back by the enemy. As long as he persisted until dawn, reinforcements would naturally come to support him.
At the same time, he sent an order to Xue Guyan in the front position, and he immediately summoned his troops to prepare to attack the enemy from the front battlefield. As for Duan Shao of the left route army, he did not give any more instructions.
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The most important value of the left army is that it can quickly deploy a large number of cavalry troops in the shallow Tongtan River to attack the enemy's formation. However, yesterday the Wei army's chariot formation greatly restricted the performance of the Qi army's cavalry, and the enemy's front line was pushed to the ground in one fell swoop
The south bank of the Tongtan River. And with the closure of the downstream, the water level in the upper reaches of the Tongtan River has risen again, making it even more unsuitable for the cavalry to advance and retreat.
This was also one of the reasons why Gao Yang reduced the troop allocation of the left route army. It was not simply because of the failure of the previous attack that he was angry with Duan Shao.
Although it was still some time before dawn, Gao Yang had no sleepiness at all. He ate for a while in the big tent and then put on his military uniform and began to summon the Chinese army divisions and brigades to prepare for battle. With the sound of drums and horns in the camp calling for divisions and brigades,
As he walked in the rapidly awakening camp, he secretly had a premonition that a major change would occur on today's battlefield.
As the morning dawned, the soldiers in the Qi army's front camp had already prepared and were ready to attack the enemy. After yesterday's intimidation and encouragement from Gao Yang, Xue Guyan today also learned from the pain, and his mental outlook was completely different from yesterday.
After reorganizing the troops, the envoys went to the rear formation to ask for instructions on when to attack.
At this time, the Chinese army's divisions and brigades had not yet been assembled. Only the 20,000 Forbidden Army soldiers around the tent had completed their assembly. After receiving Xue Guyan's request, he ordered a tentative attack first to pass the enemy's counterattack.
We will send more troops and strengthen the offensive as appropriate.
As soon as he gave the order, good news came from the right army. He Baren's troops not only repelled the Wei army that came to attack the camp, but even took advantage of the Wei army's retreat to attack all the way and counterattacked to the Zhuozhang River.
As long as we can take advantage of the situation to seize control of a few pontoon bridges from the enemy's west bank, we can launch combatants in batches towards the opposite bank and launch a fierce attack on the enemy's flank.
"He Ba Yanguo'er is really old and strong, and he actually contributed to our military division brigade first!"
After Gao Yang heard this news, his face immediately lit up with joy and he couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised him.
At this time, the Qi army had not yet made a major breakthrough on the frontal battlefield. Although Xue Guyan had established a position yesterday, the enemy immediately built many offensives on the slope. In addition, the Qi army had to attack from above, which was disadvantageous.
Only by maintaining good posture can we move forward. It is still very difficult to break through from the front.
But now He Baren actually opened up the situation from the flank and attacked the enemy's flank first. This was naturally surprising. In order to avoid losing this hard-won breakthrough, Gao Yang immediately ordered his confidant Zhao Daode to lead 5,000 soldiers.
The elite soldiers of the Forbidden Army rushed to the battlefield on the right, and asked Zhao Daode to tell He Baren that reinforcements would continue in the future, and this advantage must be consolidated and expanded.
The breakthrough on the right battlefield immediately greatly increased the Qi army's tactical options. It could not only switch troops and change the main attack direction to the right army, but also allow the right army to fully exert its effect of disturbing the enemy.
While the enemy was busy responding, they launched a fierce attack on the front, causing them to focus on one thing but not the other.
Gao Yang has no plans to switch the direction of his main attack for the time being. Firstly, the breakthrough of the right army has not yet been consolidated. Secondly, although he is a supreme leader, he also has a thirst for military glory. This is the main way for him to establish authority in the country and increase his control.
In particular, He Baren, as the founding father of the country, has profound qualifications. If he is awarded the special honor of defeating Li Boshan, it will make him and the Jinyang noble group even more out of control.
Therefore, after sending Zhao Daode for reinforcements, he immediately led other imperial troops to the south bank of the Tongda River, personally supervised the battle, and launched a frontal attack on the Wei army.
As all the troops of the Qi army gathered in their positions, and with the roar of war drums, the front divisions and brigades advanced towards the enemy formation on the opposite side.
There is a distance of nearly three miles from the north bank of the Tongdan River to the top of the plateau where the Wei army's central army is located. The terrain in the southernmost mile or so is relatively flat, and it is close to the Qi army's forward position, so the Wei army did not dare to
What kind of offensive was built in the near future? They just built some mounds of earth to cover the archers and crossbowmen from shooting to block the enemy.
However, this level of obstruction was not a big restriction for the well-equipped Qi army. Although many arrows fell into the battle formation, most of them were blocked by the armor and shields, causing minimal casualties.
The advancement speed of the military battle formation was not greatly affected.
What really hindered the Qi army's offensive was the light cavalry troops rushing out from both wings of the enemy formation. These enemy soldiers swooped down with great force, often causing considerable casualties to the Qi army.
As the Qi army's previously constructed front line formation was too small, it was difficult to allocate a large number of cavalry in the limited space. Therefore, the cavalry did not appear in the starting lineup, but only used heavy armored infantry to deliver the infantry soldiers first.
Go to the area where the Wei army's traps and chariot formations are laid out, attack and remove these obstacles, and clear the route for the cavalry brigade in the rear to gallop forward.
This process was inevitably accompanied by a large number of casualties. In addition to the harassment of the enemy's light cavalry, as the troops advanced to the vicinity of the enemy's formation, arrows, stone bullets and other objects were constantly thrown out of the enemy's formation, causing extreme damage to the Qi army's battle formation.
Big damage.
However, as the attacking side, these casualties must be endured. As long as the enemy's solid front shell is torn open, the inside will be full of delicious and delicious military exploits, which can be taken away.
The Wei army did not stop the construction of the battlefield all day yesterday, and after nightfall last night, they carried out a lot of rush repairs. Today, they can be said to have exposed their fangs, making the Qi army's offensive not smooth. The large group of troops stopped in front of the battle,
There were heavy casualties, but the damage caused to the enemy's fortifications was very limited.
This naturally made Gao Yang quite dissatisfied, especially when he saw thick smoke billowing from the side and rear of the enemy's position. You can imagine how fierce the battle there was. The enemy was now in a state of being attacked from both sides, and as a result, the frontal battlefield offensive
It was still unhurried and slow, so that the enemy did not feel too much pressure and could still calmly deal with the battle on the two battlefields.
So he gave the order again, asking all the front troops to advance towards the enemy's line. At the same time, he sent more troops to advance north through the embankment, and added them to the front line to continue the attack, so as not to give the enemy a chance to breathe.