Chapter 2 Spreading Wings (Part 7) If Marshal Luo Cheng of Youzhou was a veteran who had experienced hundreds of battles, he would definitely not have immediately sent his troops forward to fight for life or death after encountering the enemy. Years of military experience would tell him,
The enemy army in front of him was well prepared. No matter in terms of the general's familiarity with the surrounding terrain or the physical strength of the ordinary soldiers, it was not comparable to the exhausted division under his command that had been traveling for more than half an hour.
If Youzhou Marshal Luo Cheng was an uneducated playboy, he would instantly lose confidence and courage to win after his first attempt was thwarted. In that case, the entire Youzhou army would be able to retreat in time, albeit at a heavy cost.
The price may be high, but the war situation may not become uncontrollable.
But the above two conditions have nothing to do with Luo Cheng. Although he has been held by his father in front of the horse since he was eight years old and has personally participated in battles, he has few opportunities to command an army alone to compete with famous generals on the battlefield. The Turkic Wolf Rider is brave.
Yes, compared with the Central Plains army, one is at the bottom of the valley and the other is in the clouds in terms of strategic and tactical attainments. Moreover, even if the Turks really send famous generals like Ashina Choyu and Ashina Gutuolu to provoke, Luo Yi
How dare you let a weak and weak kid lead the charge?
However, to be able to allow his father to confidently deliver a complete army into his hands, Luo Cheng is naturally not a mediocre person. Not only is he outstanding in martial arts, but his attainments in the art of war are far above those of ordinary teenagers. Senior generals such as school field competitions, infantry, and Liu Yifang
He is no longer his opponent. The old soldiers like Qin Yong and Lu Chu are no longer willing to be defeated. Behind every success must be hidden countless sweats and people who have persisted in studying and training for many years. How can they be ordinary playboys with such firm minds?
comparable?
Therefore, at the beginning of the encounter between the two armies, the still immature Luo Cheng was easily deceived by the Boling Army's disguise. After the two armies fought, the arrogant young man was eager to save the defeat and committed the second crime.
errors
Each mistake is not a big one, but two consecutive mistakes are enough to ruin an army. Especially when this army is fighting strangers in a strange land, Luo Cheng's negligence and pride have already destroyed his brothers.
They pushed into the abyss of eternal destruction
Almost at the same time that he pulled the cavalry to the outside of the battlefield, the pole that had been standing directly behind the Boling Army's main formation quietly lowered. Then, without attracting any attention from the Youzhou Army, another large black pole came up.
On the flag that suddenly rose as black as a starless and moonless night, a scarlet "李" character fluttered in the wind.
"Woo--Woo-Woo!" The sound of the horns of the Boling Army suddenly turned louder, first a few short blasts, like a silver bottle breaking, then the glacier thawed, and the river burst its banks. Dozens of horns roared in the same rhythm.
Generous, heroic, and thoughtful, "Woo-Woo-Woo" and "Woo-Woo-Woo" are like the first roar of a ruthless tiger coming out of the valley, and like the cheerful roar of a giant dragon after coming out of the abyss.
Accompanied by the high-pitched horn sound, the Boling Army's formation changed again during the fierce battle. The front ends of the two diagonally supported "swallow tails" gradually closed and the rear ends gradually expanded. While causing unbearable casualties to the enemy,
Divided into two columns, the two columns echoed each other like two long poles, causing the Youzhou army to retreat step by step. And right in the middle of the two long poles, a square and square attack array suddenly appeared.
This is a square formation that the Youzhou Army is very familiar with. It is neat and orderly, but it is also a square formation that the Youzhou Army is very unfamiliar with, because in Youzhou, where horses are relatively cheap, no one knows how to arm themselves with expensive iron armor.
Infantry, but walking at the front of Boling's phalanx at this moment, there are two rows of heavy infantry wearing iron helmets and armor, or three rows or more. The Youzhou brothers can't see clearly, they can only see the front.
The thick-backed machete in the hands of the platoon soldiers was three inches wider than the standard horizontal sword in the Sui army, and the blade was half a foot longer. It was cold and bright, and it moved slowly like a moving mountain of knives.
The mountain of swords slowly pushed forward, not very fast, but it made the exhausted Youzhou army feel the huge pressure. Some soldiers shot cold arrows at the heavy armored infantry, but the opponent blocked them with their shields and flew away with a "ding!"
Boling's heavy armor went out and was attacked without even looking. He stepped on the arrow shaft with his iron-clad boots and easily broke it into two pieces.
The enemy and we are still fighting, but their attention has obviously been attracted by the advancing phalanx. Everyone with a discerning eye will understand that once the phalanx is pushed to the forefront, the battle situation on the field will be influenced by it, but no one can do it.
To stop the phalanx, the Youzhou Army cannot and the Boling Army cannot.
"We have been fooled!" Fan Zhongmou immediately noticed that the situation was wrong and reminded his companions in a hoarse voice.
"No matter what, we have to persist until the young marshal comes back!" Liu Dexin wiped the blood on his face and said solemnly. He not only saw the changes in the enemy's formation, but also saw the black battle flag standing proudly behind the enemy's formation.
The word "Li" in Douda has already explained everything
Today, everyone’s opponent is Li Zhongjian himself. No wonder the Boling Army can transform ordinary infantry battle formations into so many tricks! Liu Dexin does not feel wronged by losing to Li Zhongjian. Fan Zhongmou and even Luo Chengdu can be described as freshmen, and their opponents
But he already has more than five years of combat experience, and has gone through countless back and forth between life and death!
The most critical question for the Youzhou Army at the moment is how long they can persist under the opponent's frontal attack. Even if there are a small number of heavy armored infantry among the Boling people, the Youzhou Qingqi led by Luo Cheng still dominates the attack power and
With the advantage of speed, if he could seize a favorable position in time and launch an attack from the side of the Boling people, even if Li Zhongjian could win the final victory, the losses would be so heavy that he would be unable to continue to pursue the Youzhou Army.
But he can lead the Qingqi to retreat quickly, return to Shucheng and hold on, and then bring the entire battle situation in Hejian County back to yesterday's stalemate.
Li Xu would not give the people of Youzhou any chance. When dealing with the relationship with the imperial court and wealthy families, he was a little clumsy. On the battlefield where the two armies were competing for supremacy, he was very sensitive to the war situation.
Nengji quickly took a look at Luo Cheng's position. He calculated the outcome of the battle and waved the command flag decisively.
"Woo--Woo-Woo!" The sound of the horn became more urgent. "Dong, dong, dong!" The drums urging the battle also became more and more exciting. Zhang Jiang, who was walking in the middle of the heavy infantry, heard the sound of drums.
As an attack signal, he shouted at the top of his lungs, and then immediately pulled on his visor.
"Go forward, and those who block the road will die!" Several loud-voiced soldiers repeated in unison, spreading Zhang Jiang's order throughout the entire square. The heavy infantry's marching speed immediately accelerated, along the long corridor supported by their brothers' bodies.
, stepping on the bloodstains of the forerunners, striding forward, step by step toward the astonished enemy troops.
"Get ready-" Guo Fang, who was following Zhang Jiang, couldn't adapt to the change of role for a while, and his throat was so nervous that he was a gangster. He was used to fighting in raids and getting away with one blow. He was fighting with the regular army at the foot of his step like today.
This is the first time for a head-to-head confrontation. Of course, the confrontation with the Wagang Army on the south bank of the Yellow River cannot be counted. Although the Wagang soldiers are large in number, their equipment and individual combat effectiveness are far inferior to those of the Sui official army, including the Youzhou soldiers in front of them, who are not very regular.
Listening to Zhang Jiang's order, the light-armored soldiers walking behind the heavy-armored infantry raised their throwing spears diagonally upwards. This was a piece of equipment inherited from the original Fenyang Army. It was made of heavy lead mixed with iron for the tip, and rolled wood for the length of the pole.
It is not as heavy as an infantry gun, and its cost is very low, but it is a more convenient weapon than a bow and arrow for close combat.
"Throw!" Seeing that the heavy armored infantry led by Zhang Jiang was about to come into close contact with the enemy formation, Guo Fang waved his arms forward heavily, and more than a hundred throwing spears roared into the air, passing over the helmets of Wang Xuba and others.
Ying, and then plunged into the Youzhou army
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Puff!" "Puff!" The sound of throwing spears into the body was unbearable. The thin infantry light armor was pierced by the lead blade flying at high speed like paper. Then, the lead blade pierced.
It broke the skin, broke the ribs, penetrated the abdomen and six internal organs, and penetrated the soldiers' backs, nailing them firmly to the ground.
In the face of the incoming calamity, the Youzhou Army was almost unable to respond effectively. A few agile men barely raised their swords, which could only cause the spears to hit the body at an upward angle, but could not change the final outcome. Very few martial arts skills
The powerful team leader was holding a wooden shield in front of him when the spear flying from the air directly shattered the wooden shield. The spear shaft followed the gap in the shield and penetrated more than a foot, almost touching the target's chest.
The lucky ones who barely stopped and were wandering on the edge of life and death were so frightened that they immediately dropped their shields and ran back without looking back. They didn't even have the courage to glance at the robes around them.
"Ready to throw!" Guo Fang quickly raised the second throwing spear and led the brothers around him to throw it at the enemy less than twenty steps away. He could almost see the target's miserable state after being hit and was stunned.
The dead Youzhou people looked so embarrassed and embarrassed, holding their heads and jumping up and down on the corpses of their companions, and the cries were so sad and sad. But Guo Fang didn't have any pity in his heart. He was from Shanggu, and his family
The fertile fields and houses that were just allocated last year are all near the Yishui River. If the Youzhou Army wins this war, generals like him who are not high enough in rank and not famous enough will have nothing again.
Unless he made up his mind to become a gangster again and continue to live a life of being looked down upon and precarious. But Li Xu had already let him experience a completely different way of life. Like many Boling Army generals, he tried to endure the hardships.
How does it feel to be respected by others and have no worries about food and clothing? It is difficult for Guo Fang to look back, and he does not have the courage to suffer again.
In order to keep his own dozens of acres of irrigated fields and the newly built house, Guo Fang could only kill his enemies. He had read very few books, so he did not have the fetters that Li Xu faced in his heart. For a native of Shanggu,
From a human perspective, the Youzhou people who came all the way to rob were foreign invaders. Although they also wore Sui military uniforms and spoke the same language as themselves, in their bones they were no different from the Hu tribe outside the Great Wall.
Three consecutive waves of spear throwing made the Youzhou Army fully understand the taste of fear. In the face of the unstoppable and unavoidable death threat, any words of encouragement seemed pale. Liu Dexin and Fan Zhongmou tried every means to stabilize their position.
However, the brothers quickly retreated very unsatisfactorily. Not only did the ordinary soldiers run around like headless chickens, but some of the troops and brigade leaders no longer dared to stand within the range of the spear throwers. However, the Boling Army was unyielding and the entire phalanx was unstoppable.
Quickly press forward, push forward quickly along the gap opened by throwing the spear, and enter the broken bamboo.
After the third wave of spears was thrown, Guo Fang pulled out the horizontal sword from his waist. The light-armored infantry around him also imitated their superiors, holding the handles of the swords with both hands, and strode forward behind the heavy armor that opened the way.
The ground was already very slippery. Seriously injured Youzhou people kept reaching out their arms from the pool of blood, begging them for mercy, but the Boling soldiers refused to stop. They even had no time to lower their heads and give the enemy a wound.
Step forward, move forward, and continuously break into the core of the enemy's formation
The heavily armored infantry quickly came into contact with the Youzhou Army. The opponent, who had just suffered several consecutive rounds of attacks, could not maintain its formation at all. It could only rely on personal bravery and the support of the entire Boling Army. With the skillful cooperation, individual strength seemed so insignificant.
The recalcitrant ones were swept down in an instant like a few wormwood seeds in a violent storm, and were confused with corpses on the ground. The iron-clad combat boots of the Boling Army stepped over the corpses without hesitation, leaving behind them howling all the way.
, a messy road
Several Youzhou soldiers who were completely desperate for the battle situation shouted and rushed towards the Boling army, trying to use their lives to win the opportunity for their troops to retreat. Their eyes were blood red, like wild wolves who were forced to a dead end, and their hearts were full of joy.
Grief, anger and unwillingness, but his footsteps were extremely firm, and the sword hit the shield of Boling Soldier, cutting out string after string of sparks. The sparks dimmed instantly, and the fire of life also floated towards the sky. The soul floating in the air could
He could clearly see that his military formation had sunk more than twenty steps into the center.
The previously formidable swallow-tail formation has now been completely integrated with the phalanx, turning into a force that smashes into the arms of the Youzhou Army. The phalanx is the fist, and the vertical formation is the arm. At the end of this sharp iron fist, it is the Boling Army.
Strong shoulders can withstand all wind and rain.
Li Xu, who was responsible for coordinating the entire army and flank and rear defense, commanded more than a thousand infantry and used long spears to form an arc-shaped array to connect with the tail section of the "fist array". If Luo Cheng and his cavalry did not go far enough around,
, rushed over rashly and would just come into contact with the semicircular steel jungle. If Luo Cheng led the cavalry to go around to a higher place, the Youzhou infantry responsible for delaying time would have been completely damaged before he came over.
Luo Cheng, who had been paying attention to the changes in the battlefield, was very anxious. It was not that he didn't want to speed up, but the seemingly flat hillside was far more difficult to walk on than he imagined. There were thousands of hillsides covered with green grass and wild flowers, no deeper than a foot.
The small pit was only three to five inches thick. When the horse's speed increased slightly, some brothers fell off the saddle and broke their legs. The mounts let out shrill wails, echoing the distant shouts of killing.
Luo Cheng knew that he had been fooled. This hillside had been manipulated. The cunning enemy general had already chosen the battlefield. But the enemy had clearly just arrived. How could they have time to dig a horse pit? Who helped them? Who helped them?
Did they warn you of the arrival of the Youzhou Army?
Luo Cheng, who lacked actual combat experience, certainly would not have thought that all his reactions today would fall into the expectations of his opponents. Long before the Shucheng defenders were awakened for the first time, Li Xu had already set off with the Boling elite in order to fully confuse the enemy.
When he set out to defeat the enemy, he conducted a feint attack on the city wall and then laid a trap for Luo Cheng on the only road from Shucheng to Pingshu.
The second wave, which was also the wave that Luo Cheng chased as prey, was led by Army Sima Zhao Ziming. They just passed by Li Xu and others half an hour ago. From that moment on, the relationship between the hunter and the prey
The roles were completely reversed. Four thousand Boling elites were waiting for work, and they tightly bite the negligent intruders.
There was not much time left for Luo Cheng. Under the fierce attack of the Boling Army, the Youzhou infantry could no longer hold on any longer. The two core generals were stained by their personal bravery and the loyalty of their guards.
They barely managed to become a ghost under the sword. Even so, they didn't think they could hold on until the roundabout troops appeared in time. The reason why they struggled was entirely due to the warriors' cherishment of reputation.
"Sixth!" Fan Zhongmou slashed down a retreating Youzhou deserter with his sword and shouted in a tearful voice that he and Liu Dexin were both nephews of veteran generals in the army. From the time when they were generals until they grew up, they had always known each other by rank in private.
Only in the military do we call each other's names
"Third brother!" Liu Dexin's voice was also hoarse, and her breaths were full of despair, "Go down, find an opportunity to pay the money and inform the young marshal, don't think about getting it back, and quickly lead the cavalry away from the battlefield!"
"No, go down, it's not you who won the battle today!" Fan Zhongmou cried in a low voice, "I was the one who lost my position first, and I caused trouble for everyone. You should leave quickly. If you don't leave, it will be too late!"
While he was talking, the brothers who were forced up by him and Liu Dexin with the supervising team quickly retreated. Some of them shouted for mercy while retreating, lest the two ruthless generals ordered people to swing their swords at them. Some pretended not to see Fan Zhong.
Mou and Liu Dexin tried their best to run diagonally to avoid accidental contact with the supervising team.
"Go down. You memorize the art of war better than me. I will repay you in the future."
