The Han army captured Jiezhou without any blood. This result was beyond Liu Ling's expectation. When Zhou Ping was injured, he only took a few soldiers with him, along with the seal left by Jiezhou Juncheng, and Jiezhou's gray-clothed army.
When the roster of 20,000 soldiers and generals at all levels arrived at the Han army camp, Liu Ling and others couldn't believe it.
But Liu Ling had no intention of entering Jiezhou and using the city wall to defend against the counterattack of 100,000 gray-clad troops. In field battles and facing the enemy head-on, no one had ever been able to defeat him!
One hundred thousand gray-clothed troops stopped thirty miles south of Jiezhou City. The Han army did not take advantage of the opponent's unstable foothold to launch a massive attack. However, Liu Ling did not give Xu Shengzhi time to set up camp, because, in Liu Ling's view, Xu Shengzhi
There was no need to camp at all. Abandoning the city and fighting the Han army in the field was perhaps the craziest decision Xu Shengzhi had made in his life so far, and also the most idiotic decision.
Liu Ling led 20,000 troops and neatly eliminated 20 square formations opposite the gray-coated army. Facing the Han army, which was well-organized and full of morale, the gray-coated army, which had five times the number of Han troops, did not
A little confidence. When the gray-clothed army gathered and basically completed the formation, the Han army had been waiting for them for a long time. Twenty knives cut out the same square formation, which put great pressure on the gray-clothed army both visually and mentally.
It can be said that Liu Ling has not paid enough attention to enemies like the Gray Army.
The reason why he waited for the gray-clothed army to complete their formation may be that in the eyes of outsiders, he underestimated the enemy and looked down on the gray-clothed army. But what Liu Ling wanted was to truly and completely defeat the gray-clothed army! Give you time to line up.
I will give you time to prepare, and then defeat you with the power of thunder. What courage do you have to face the might of the Han army again?
The Shura Battalion has not participated in a single battle since entering the Great Zhou Dynasty. The last time they defeated the 20,000 Black Flag Army with 2,000 cavalry on the banks of the Dashang River, it was not the cavalry from the Shura Battalion that participated in the battle, but only the 2,000 light armor from the Shenzhan Battalion.
They are just cavalry. Although the Gray Army and the Black Flag Army are large in number, their combat effectiveness is vulnerable.
Two soldiers carried a large and comfortable chair and placed it in the central army. Liu Ling leaned on the chair and sat comfortably.
"Hua Ling, I will give you three thousand cavalry from the Shenzhan Battalion to defeat the gray-clothed army."
Liu Ling said lightly, but his tone was unquestionable, with the absolute confidence that only a strong man can have. Zheng Chao, the general of Zuo Zhenwei who was brought to watch the battle by Liu Ling, knew the combat power of the Han army, although he was surprised by Liu Ling's confidence.
But at least he was still calm. Zhou Ping, who had just surrendered, was completely dumbfounded. He would never believe that three thousand cavalry could defeat an army of one hundred thousand?
"I obey my orders!"
In Zhou Ping's shocked eyes, Hua Ling took the order, then fired up three thousand fine cavalry, and slowly pressed towards the gray-clothed army two miles away. These were three thousand well-equipped light cavalry, although they did not have Shura on them.
The heavy armor of the battalion cavalry only wore leather armor, but these three thousand people, like thick black clouds, pressed towards the gray-clothed army with huge pressure.
The three thousand cavalrymen maintained a steady growth rate, and even the cavalrymen controlled the horses at almost the same pace. The distance of one thousand meters was gradually shortened, and every gray-clothed soldier nervously clenched the simple sword in his hand.
Weapons. Although the enemy only has 3,000 people to kill, the tremor from the soul is not something they can control. In recent years, the gray-clothed army has been invincible in the green forest, but every time they face the regular army of the imperial court
No victory was achieved. No matter how many of them there were, they could not withstand the overwhelming offensive of the official army. For the regular army of the imperial court, everyone had more or less indelible fear in their hearts. No matter whether the official army was from the Great Zhou Dynasty or
Of a big man.
The cavalry marching to the beat of war drums is like a surging river and like dark clouds rolling in the sun.
"Don't panic! Don't panic! They are humans too, raised by their mothers and fathers. They are no different from you! Look clearly, they are all light-armored cavalry. A single volley can kill half of them! Archers! Archers go!
Press forward and don’t fucking pull back!”
The leaders in charge of the command stretched their necks and shouted, using their usual majesty to suppress the fear in the hearts of the soldiers. They continued to use rude words to belittle the combat effectiveness of the Han army, thereby stimulating the morale of the soldiers under their command. There were three rows of archers.
Thousands of people were directed to the front of the formation. Although their faces were equally ugly, the pressure in their hearts was less. They were archers, and after completing their mission, they would retreat to accept the protection of their robes.
They don't need to fight hand-to-hand with the enemy, this is their greatest happiness.
"Sun Fangzhong, after the Han cavalry rushes over, you lead your cavalry to go behind the Han army, surround the Han army, and try to kill these thousands of Han cavalry in one go, leaving Liu Ling to
Look at the majesty of our Gray Army! If we don't show him some color, he will think that I am as cowardly as Xiao Pojun!"
"Your Majesty, the Han cavalry is so elite that none of our cavalry can defeat them."
"I... Gu asked you to go behind Han Qi to surround him, but I didn't ask you to fight him head-on!"
"But, King En, if the Han army sends more troops to rescue the cavalry, my cavalry will be outflanked by the Han army!"
"Sun Fangzhong! Are you looking for death?"
Xu Shengzhi was angry in his heart, and he was even more angry when he saw Sun Fangzhong shirk his duties and refused to fight. Zhou, who had 20,000 troops, was rehabilitated, and Wu Hao, whom he trusted most, had his head cut off and is still hanging on the head of Jiezhou City in public. If
If it weren't for Wu Hao's death, he wouldn't be so angry that he ordered the entire army to fight the Han army in the field. Others don't know why he trusts Wu Hao so much. Only he himself silently bears the sadness and anger. Wu Hao,
He is his illegitimate son.
Wu Hao could not be given a serious title in the first place. After he became the king, his eldest son Xu Fulang was granted the title of Acting King, and his second son Xu Fu was granted the title of King of Qin. However, when he was still the eldest young master, he stole the birth of a maid.
As the third child, I had no way to give him any status. The eldest son Xu Fulang was a coward who could not be reused. He was left in Puzhou to defend the city during this battle. The second son Xu Fuzeng was an idle man who only knew how to bully men and dominate women.
The gangster is also not reusable, but the illegitimate son Wu Hao is a rare talent. He cannot give Wu Hao the title of king, but can only give him trust.
Wu Hao knew his identity, so his long-term depression and anger contributed to his perverted and cold-blooded temperament. Xu Shengzhi knew that his youngest son had committed too many crimes, but because of guilt, he still turned a blind eye and let it happen.
Feel free to toss around.
Now, the young son he had high hopes for was killed by Zhou Ping, how could he not feel sad and angry? Three years ago, when Wu Hao traveled thousands of miles to look for his biological father with great hope, the expectation and joy in Xu Shengzhi's eyes now
Still vivid in my mind.
"If we can't capture Jiezhou today, and we can't get back General Wu Hao's head, I'll behead you first!"
Xu Shengzhi pointed his riding whip at Sun Fangzhong and roared.
Sun Fangzhong did not dare to say anything more, so he had no choice but to accept the order. He took more than 4,000 cavalry that he had painstakingly put together to prepare for the attack. After waiting for the Han army to charge into the formation, he led his troops back to the rear of the Han army.
Four hundred steps later, the Han cavalry began to speed up, and the rumble of horse hooves on the ground was directly transmitted into the minds of every soldier in the Gray Army, resonating with their heartbeats.
Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, the Han cavalry has reached its fastest speed!
One hundred and fifty paces, the archers of the Gray Army ordered the general to release arrows loudly.
The arrows shot out like a raindrop, and the dense arrows even blocked a small area of the sky. Hua Ling pointed at the horse, and the Han cavalry suddenly separated from the left and right, like a huge blooming lotus, spreading to both sides like a torrent.
A door was opened, and the scenery behind the door was presented to the eyes of the Gray Army soldiers.
What is behind the door is not a wonderful land with pleasant scenery, but a Shura hell filled with blood.
The gray-coated army's attention was focused on the thousands of cavalry. No one had ever noticed that countless trebuchets appeared in the Han army's formation. When the three thousand cavalry accelerated, the five thousand infantry relied on the cavalry.
The huge smoke and dust brought up, driving the horses and catapults, have approached the place less than 400 meters away from the Gray Army! And the catapults have been loaded, not with whole boulders, but with stones the size of stone mills.
of bundles of solid gunpowder bags.
This is the first time that Liu Ling has used gunpowder on a large scale on the battlefield. The reason why he chose to use the Gray Army as a sword test is, firstly, to establish his authority and deter the self-righteous Green Forest Rebels. Secondly, it is to deal with the elite.
The Great Zhou Dynasty promoted the army and trained troops.
Gunpowder is not difficult to make, and Liu Ling has this knowledge in his mind. He seemed to be doing nothing during the three-month truce in Jiangzhou, but in fact he secretly produced a large amount of gunpowder. These gunpowders were made into simple explosives.
Bag.
The three thousand Han cavalry made an arc and then dodged to the left and right. The cavalry moved in a uniform and divided manner. They opened the door in front of the gray-clothed army formation, and then the cavalry quickly turned back.
After that, the dozens of catapults began to roar.
The first wave of dozens of millstone-sized explosive packets was ejected from the catapult. Those weird-shaped explosive packets slowly fell in the sight of the gray-coated soldiers. After calculation, the length of the fuses of the explosive packets was
It just finished burning after flying a distance of 400 meters, so dozens of giant thunders fell in the sky!
boom!
boom!
boom!
Although the trebuchet is not accurate enough to accurately deliver the explosive package to the target, the gray-coated troops are numerous and dense enough that the Han soldiers responsible for operating the trebuchet do not need to aim at all. Although there are a few
Each explosive package did not fly 400 meters before landing, but this did not affect the shock and damage this powerful firearm brought to the Gray Army. Each explosive package was mixed with a large number of iron nails, so that
The cruel and ruthless weapons gave the Gray Army an irresistible killing force!
After dozens of loud noises, the archers with the lowest defense in the front row of Hei were almost halfway down! Most of them did not die, but were injured by the iron nails flying around. On their foreheads, cheeks
, eyes, necks, and chests were filled with iron nails that had been driven deeply into them. Thousands of archers were wailing and rolling on the ground, and the shrill howls penetrated into everyone's heart.
Before the gray-clothed army could react, the Han army's trebuchet, which had calibrated its distance, began its second projectile. (To be continued)
