"Sun Tzu's Art of War" says: "Wait for chaos with order, and wait for uproar with calmness. This is what cures the mind." Wait for the enemy's chaos with order and calmness, and wait for the enemy's noise with calmness. This is the way to master and use the morale of the army.
Inconsistent government orders and unclear rewards and punishments are called chaos; mixed flags and marching troops are called chaos, which has always been regarded as a taboo in military use.
Liu Jingjun adhered to China's consistent military tradition. He formed a majestic formation, kept silent and solemn, and made no noise. The military was as majestic as a mountain.
The Jiaozhou Army on the opposite side, or more accurately the Wuhu people, were completely different from the solemn Liu Jingjun. They beat bells and drums in front of the formation, sang and danced, offered sacrifices to ghosts and gods, and prayed for victory.
Liu Jing glanced at the Wuhu people who were dancing like great gods in the distance, and soon lost interest. He took the banner from his brother Liu Liang, handed it to Chu Fang, and said: "Ziping, today is the autumn of meritorious service.
,Mianzhi..."
When the soldiers fought in formation, they just "listened to the sound of the drums and watched the flags carefully." Liu Jing awarded Chu Fang the banner symbolizing the commander-in-chief, which represented that he appointed Chu Fang to be fully responsible for the battle, including the left and right ministers Han Guang and Cai
Within the scope of promotion, everyone in Liu Jingjun's army must be controlled by him and obey his orders. Those who disobey orders will be executed.
"No." Chu Fang held the flag and bowed solemnly.
Liu Jing nodded lightly, said no more and rode his horse back to the rear formation.
Watching Liu Jing leave, Chu Fang took a deep breath and gave the order: "Drumming..."
"Drumming..."
"Dong...dong...dong..." Dozens of cowhide drums sounded almost at the same time, and the huge sound swept across the entire battlefield in an instant.
When General Liu Jingjun heard the sound of the drum, his face turned red for a moment, his heart beat wildly, his blood surged, and his breathing became rapid.
Chu Fang personally commanded the central army, which had tens of thousands of troops. He divided the central army into two formations, each with 5,000 men and 100 troops.
The basic combat unit of the Han army is a fifty-man "team". At the first level of the Gein team, it can already form square, circular, curved, straight, sharp and other formations.
What Liu Jingjun listed was a square formation with ten people arranged horizontally and five columns deep. In front of the square formation, there was a flag bearer and a drummer each. The flag bearer held a jingjing and the drummer held a drum. The two people's responsibility was to clean up the team and guide the advance.
.Since the flag bearers and drummers are at the forefront, it is extremely dangerous and only those who are brave and brave cannot be qualified.
The captain is behind the phalanx and is responsible for holding down the formation, while the commander and corps commander are on the left and right sides of the phalanx.
In this way, there were officers on all sides of the phalanx, and the soldiers were effectively imprisoned within the phalanx.
"Military Law": "If there are any commanders in the army who do not advance, the commander of the army will kill them; if there are commanders in the army who do not advance, the commander will kill them; if there are commanders in the army who do not advance, the captain will kill them; if there are captains in the army who will not advance, the commander of the garrison will kill them.
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Therefore, unless the team structure has completely collapsed and disintegrated, even if the soldiers dare to hesitate even a little bit, let alone fear of fighting, they will inevitably die.
The first captain, Feng Xi, raised his sword high, pointed it at the Jiaozhou Army, and shouted: "Forward..."
When it comes to understanding the generals of the Jingzhou Army, Chu Fang considers himself second, and no one dares to admit that he is the first. He has fought fiercely with the generals of the Jingzhou Army for two years, and he has a profound understanding of them. Feng Xi is the leading general of the Jingzhou Army.
It can be seen from the fact that his official position is the first to be the captain. The old saying goes: "When a strong man is in the army, he attacks the city first, falls into the battle to defeat the enemy, kills the general and flutters the flag." Those who can be awarded the title of "first to climb" or "fall into battle",
He must be a warrior. Therefore, Chu Fang took Feng Xi as the vanguard of the army.
The first row of ten phalanxes and the second row of ten phalanxes, a total of one thousand soldiers, heard Feng Xi's order, and almost simultaneously opened their legs.
Behind them, push forward like a wall.
The Huo Du tribe in the second echelon, and the Wei Yan tribe in the third echelon followed closely...
As soon as the Chinese army moved, Cai Sheng and Han Guang on both wings naturally refused to lag behind and advanced at the same time.
Two hundred and fifty steps, two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps...
When the phalanx was one hundred and twenty steps away from the enemy's position, the rhythm of the drums suddenly accelerated, and the pace of Liu Jing's soldiers who were originally advancing slowly also accelerated and turned into a rapid movement.
Because of taking one hundred and twenty steps, he has already entered the strike range of a six-stone or above heavy crossbow. In fact, the six-stone crossbow alone has a range of one hundred and eighty steps. However, at this distance, let’s not talk about the lethality.
To hit a person, it is no less difficult than piercing a poplar in a hundred steps. One hundred and twenty steps is the maximum shooting distance of the heavy crossbow established by the Han army after experiments.
However, the expected arrow rain did not appear, only scattered arrows struck. The soldiers in the front row of Liu Jingjun's formation were wearing pockets, armor, and holding large spears. They were fully armed and flew over a hundred steps.
The weak Takeya can hardly cause any damage.
This is normal. Although the Wuhu people have crossbow-making skills, their skills are far less sophisticated than those of the Han people. The materials they use to make crossbows are the spiny bamboos that are abundant in Jiaozhou. Its skin is very thick. The Wuhu people break the spiny bamboos to make crossbows.
It is more than four feet long and is called the "solitary crossbow". Its range is only about a hundred steps.
Of course, Liu Jingjun would not let go of such a golden opportunity. In each square formation, there was an endless stream of strings, and crossbow arrows were shot out, flying straight towards the enemy formation on the opposite side.
The Wuhu people did not wear doushu, and only wore coarse cloth to wrap their heads. Their armor coverage rate was not high, only 1 or 2 out of 10, and they mainly wore leather armor. However, almost every one of them had a rattan shield, which made Liu Jingjun's crossbow attack ineffective.
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As soon as they entered the 100th step, the crossbows on both sides immediately opened fire. In an instant, the sound of strings was like thunderbolts, and the flying arrows were like rain. Even with Liu Jingjun's excellent protective gear, the casualties would inevitably increase. Not to mention the Wuhu people, the casualties were far more than
Liu Jingjun.
Eighty steps, sixty steps, forty steps...
The battle between the two sides became more and more fierce. Every time Sergeant Liu Jing took a step forward, he had to pay a lot of casualties. In such an environment, even the most tenacious person would feel tortured. However, Sergeant Liu Jing neither launched a charge nor slowed down.
, still strictly following the rhythm of the drums and walking quickly.
The armor, pockets, swords, and shields equipped by the soldiers all add up to a weight of hundreds of kilograms. If a charge is launched from too far away, they may be exhausted as soon as they reach the enemy's position.
Facing an enemy who is waiting for work is tantamount to a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
Therefore, based on the experience gained by countless predecessors, twenty steps is the best for an infantry charge.
The flag bearer at the front of the phalanx was the key target of the Wuhu people's attack, and many people had been killed. However, as soon as the flag bearer died, a successor would appear immediately, and so on.
"Kill..." When the phalanx advanced to twenty steps, the flag bearers, without exception, raised their flags high, protected themselves with their banners, and launched a charge.
"kill……"
The soldiers with spears and halberds at the front of the phalanx followed the flag bearers and rushed towards the Jiaozhou Army position against the stormy arrows.
"Kill..." After the crossbowman shot the last arrow, he drew his sword out of its sheath, followed closely in the footsteps of the spear and halberd warriors, and killed the enemy.