Chapter 558: The military formation collided, each with damage
Chapter 558: Military formations collide, everyone suffers damage
The infantry phalanx of the Song Army was the most conventional and the one Bian Xi was best at. The shield soldiers defended in front, the pikemen followed, and the archers followed! On both wings, there were cavalry led by Balumu and others cruising!
The Tubo people's military formations were also similar, except that they had more weapons.
As the war drums sounded, the generals of the two sides issued orders respectively, the flags wavered, and the huge military formation pressed towards the other side like a tide.
First there was a shower of arrows, but both sides were protected by shields, so the damage caused was extremely limited.
Moreover, after three rounds of arrow rain, the two phalanxes were already close at hand.
"boom!"
With a roar, two huge torrents collided together. The shield soldiers at the front of both sides tried their best to resist the squeeze and attack of the other side, while the spearmen behind them held up their spears and moved along the shields.
Stab forward fiercely through the gap!
After the wrestling and collision between the two sides lasted for nearly a quarter of an hour, Bian Xi suddenly gave the order to charge on both sides, disrupting both sides of the enemy's formation! Almost at the same moment, the opponent's formation suddenly changed, and the huge square formation changed.
The formation was divided into small phalanxes of about a thousand people. The phalanxes were still surrounded by shield soldiers, among which were spearmen and swordsmen.
The leading troops of the Song Army fell in almost instantly. The expressions of Bian Xi, who was stationed in the middle army, and Shen Tang, who was in the rear, changed at the same time! This kind of local formation was not unfamiliar to them. I think Shen Tang used it like this at the beginning.
His formation defeated the Jin Kingdom's cavalry.
Sure enough, after the Song army fell into the enemy's formation, they separated each other and were also separated by the enemy.
But the difference is that the enemy's small square formation is surrounded by shield soldiers for defense, while the side of the Song army is directly exposed to the enemy's swords and guns.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The Tibetan people's momentum increased greatly. Behind the shields, the spear points protruded like poisonous snakes, and the long swords also scratched from time to time. In almost no time, the Song army fell into the enemy's formation and suffered heavy casualties!
Bian Xi hurriedly ordered the archers at the rear to hold down the formation and attack the center of the Tibetan phalanx to disrupt the enemy's formation. On the other side, he also ordered the flag bearers to ring gold and immediately gather the vanguard troops back!
"Dang, Dang, Dang..."
The sound of gold ringing sounded, and the Song army pushed down like a tide. However, in this moment alone, nearly two thousand vanguard soldiers were lost.
In the central army, Bian Xi's face was ashen as he followed Shen Tang all the way into Chengdu Prefecture. They had gone through several battles, large and small, but this was the first time that the Song army was frustrated! Originally, the first line failed.
Logically speaking, one should withdraw the troops and return to the camp before making plans, but Bian Xi was unwilling to fail like this! He was the first general under Shen Tang to fail, and his name was not a good one.
After thinking for a while, Bian Xi reorganized the formation again! However, this time he changed his soldiers from the square formation to the Yafeng formation. Bian Xi and Ji Rong personally led the soldiers to the entire Yafeng formation.
the front of the array.
"Jirong! You and I, brothers, can't be defeated like this, otherwise, how will we face the commander in chief! We will go into battle personally and fight with the Tubo people, and let them see the power of our Zaoyang army."
Bian Xi said sharply.
"General, don't worry, I will follow you to the death!"
Ji Rong also spoke without hesitation.
"kill!"
Bian Xi shouted loudly, and then, dense drums beat, and the Song army, which had reorganized its army, once again moved towards the Tubo people and killed them.
The Tubo people originally thought that the Song army would retreat, but unexpectedly, they attacked again.
So, the Tubo people repeated their old tricks, formed a formation again, and came to meet the Song army!
"boom!"
Two huge military formations collided together again, but this time it was different from the last time! This Yafeng formation was led by Bian Xi and his bodyguards. This can be said to be the most powerful part of the infantry.
Moreover, with the help of Arrancar, the Tubo shield soldiers barely lasted for a few breaths before they were directly broken open by the Song army.
Then, Bian Xi brandished a big sword in his hand, and Ji Rong followed him with a big sword in his hand. The two of them led their guards to kill the Tubo people desperately.
When the Tubo people saw that the military formation was broken, they immediately changed their formation and turned into the small square formation before.
However, this time Bian Xi had already explained it! Except for their arrow, both sides of the entire Yafeng Formation were defended by shield soldiers. Therefore, except for the collision of shield soldiers, it would be difficult for the Tubo people to kill the Song soldiers as before!
But Bian Xi and others rushed forward. Those small square formations could not block the attack of the Yafeng Formation. After a while, they were broken open by two or three in a row. Many Tubo people were directly carried by the Yafeng Formation.
, became the target of the Song Army!
The two sides fought for a long time, but the Tibetan vanguard was defeated and Bian Xi and others felt exhausted.
Almost at the same time, the sound of gold ringing sounded from both sides, and everyone withdrew their troops and returned.
Bian Xi returned to Shen Tang with his head hanging down, "Commander, the general will be unfavorable in the battle. Please punish me, Commander-in-Chief."
In fact, the damage done by both sides during these two formations was basically the same. For the damage caused by the first formation, Bian Xi and others had already been killed in the second formation.
However, in Bian Xi's view, this was still a defeat! After all, Shen Tang had fought several times before, but he had never suffered such a loss.
Shen Tang pondered for a moment, and then said in a solemn voice, "Bian Xi failed to fight well, and he will be fined three months!"
In fact, after the first battle, Shen Tang could have stopped this battle.
However, although the Song army was defeated at that time, under the leadership of Bian Xi and others, its morale was still strong. In addition, Bian Xi changed the formation, which was just the opportunity to test Tibet again and boost the military power.
Therefore, Shen Tang did not interfere with the decision of Bian Xi and others.
As for the punishment of Bian Xi, it is also reasonable.
Only rewards and punishments can make these people more cautious. Moreover, what he punished was not Bian Xi's defeat, but his victory in the second game.
Although the second game was considered a victory, a general should be cautious first. How could he act recklessly on impulse?
Fortunately, Tubo did not make any more changes in formation, otherwise, the Song army might have suffered greater damage.
"Take your troops back to camp for now and fight again tomorrow!"
Following Shen Tang's order, the army slowly withdrew into the military camp!
In Chengdu Mansion, Shao Hongyuan witnessed the battle with his own eyes on top of the city! Although they couldn't see it clearly, they already knew that reinforcements from the Song Army had indeed arrived, and they were not weak!
Therefore, after Shen Tang and Tubo had withdrawn their troops, Shao Hongyuan immediately summoned all the generals.
"Everyone, you should have seen that reinforcements from our Song Dynasty have arrived outside the city! Moreover, looking at the size of the military camp, there are at least 60,000 to 70,000 people."