If you want the flank attack to be effective, you need the main force to attract the enemy cavalry in front of Qijiaji and withstand the enemy cavalry's thunderous offensive. Zhao Hu stayed in Qijiaji and deployed the four battalions of infantry into a hollow
The phalanx, with the Haidong Xingyingfu Guards Battalion brought out by him as the main force, was deployed on the front, and the two infantry camps borrowed from Dongzhou and Danluo were deployed on the flanks, and one infantry battalion was left as a reserve force.
Behind the formation.
The reserve tactical theory of "fight one, defend two" originated from the Warring States Period. However, if the troops at hand are limited, or the battlefield is open and the fighting forces of both sides are not enough to fill the battlefield, the general will have the urge to put all the troops into the battlefield.
The tactical principle that Lin Fu emphasized most in the battle training school was the reserve force principle. Unless there was a critical moment when the general's battle flag was about to be cut off, the general must have a quarter to one-third of the reserve force in his hands.
To cope with the crisis of front line collapse.
If this step is not possible, you should take the initiative to retreat when facing a strong enemy, avoid field battles, and preserve your strength.
Qijiaji is located between Buling and Gushan. The ravines are filled with sand and gravel soil brought down by the river, forming a dam landform with a width of three to four miles. There are hundreds of households, huts and shacks in Qijiaji.
There are big houses for wealthy people, but they are quite small.
Even for defense, we can only choose to form an array at the west end of the village, in a relatively open area with relatively steep and steep wings.
Entering the battlefield an hour in advance allowed Zhao Hu to recruit more than a hundred civilians from the village gathering, demolish the houses, and use bricks, stones and miscellaneous trees in front of the array to form a simple obstacle belt to hinder the enemy's cavalry assault. In the end, about three to four hundred people were formed.
Form a tight defensive array, waiting for the enemy to attack.
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The outpost scouts and horse reconnaissance found that there were soldiers from the infantry battalion in front to block the attack. Gao Yi also looked solemn, issued a warning, and ordered his troops to take a rest twenty miles away from Qijiaji.
The main force of soldiers and horses in Dengzhou Town has been mobilized, and they are stranded in the remaining city of Pingdu. About two thousand defensive troops in Dengzhou and Daoyu Village have been dispatched, but most of them are still under Liu Yefei's control.
Gao Yi was not worried that Liu Yefei would have the courage to go back on his word. He and Chen Zhihu were only worried that Huaidong would send troops to interfere in the battle in Shandong. The two to three thousand infantrymen who suddenly appeared in front of him should be reinforcements sent by Huaidong.
Gao Yi led his cavalry division in such a hurry that the scouts had no time to send far away. At this time, they did not know what happened in Dengzhou City.
Chen Zhihu and he were both worried that Huaidong would send troops into Dengzhou, so they sent targeted agents to sneak into the defense areas controlled by Huaidong to monitor the movements of Huaidong's troops.
Theoretically, the main force of Huaidong's troops and horses was trapped on the southern front, and the battle lines were intertwined with the She family. It was impossible to extract the main force of the southern front. There were only two troops and horses that could be mobilized in a short time.
One is the Tianjin Navy gathered in Chongzhou, which is an elite infantry brigade rebuilt after the Jinhai defenders withdrew to Huaidong, with about 10,000 people; the other is the Fengli Army guarding the Huaihe defense line.
There are about 10,000 elites who grew up during the northern and southern campaigns.
Huaidong and Jiangning seemed to be inseparable, and they were very wary of each other. Lin Fu did not dare to mobilize all the troops and horses, leaving Chongzhou's old nest without defense. And the detailed work of sneaking into Huaidong did not find the large-scale troops and horses in Huaidong's defense areas.
signs of mobilization
The mobilization of troops and horses, in addition to the adjustment of the defense line, also involves the deployment of food supplies and ordnance, which is difficult to do in a hurry.
Gao Yi pretended to be defeated at the foot of Qingzhou City, and Liu Yefei acted as an internal support in Dengzhou Town. He also moved and fought on the relatively safe inside line. The main force of Dengzhou Town's troops was finally mobilized, and it took nearly half a month.
Huaidong wanted to send a partial division to support Shandong's flank, so it was impossible not to reveal any flaws in advance.
I think that in order to attack eastern Zhejiang, Huaidong could only think about the crime of deceiving the emperor, and used King Qin as an excuse to gather troops to deceive the She family. Then he suddenly turned around on the way north, catching the She family by surprise.
From Lin Fu's initial rise to power, to assisting Yue Lengqiu in defeating Liu An'er during the Huaisi War, and his recent fight with the She family for supremacy in Zhejiang County, Huaidong's extremely outstanding ability to use troops in deceitful warfare was demonstrated.
When Huaidong's tactics of concealing the truth were used on his own head, Gao Yi deeply felt the huge psychological pressure.
Where did the two or three thousand armored soldiers in front of me come from? In addition to the two or three thousand armored soldiers in front of me, how many other soldiers and horses from Huaidong landed in Dengzhou together? Is Liu Yefei still alive? Dengzhou City, Daoyu Village
Who is in control at this time?
Gao Yi was in the dark about all this and had no idea.
As the saying goes, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles. At this time, based on ordinary thinking, Gao Yi should lead his troops to retreat, understand the situation before attacking.
However, Huaidong's superb and strange military ability is directly related to its powerful Shuiying forces controlling the East China Sea territory - this more and more reflects the strategic foresight of Emperor Tianming in emphasizing the capture of Dengzhou.
Gao Yi retreated at this time, waiting for Chen Zhihu to send the main force to join him, and then went to capture Dengzhou. Even if he could capture it, he would most likely only get a ruined city that had been moved to Huaidong, and he would lose the strategy of pretending to be defeated to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
meaning.
Even if Gao Yi retreated at this time to save the two thousand troops and horses behind him from losses, he would be held accountable later - because of his retreat, Yan Hu lost an opportunity to form a navy to compete with Huaidong.
The chance of winning in tactics is far from making up for the losses in strategy. Sometimes, the reason for using risk is to gain strategic initiative at a relatively small cost. In order to gain access to the state, Chen Zhihu even did not hesitate to lose troops and generals under Qingzhou City. Gao Yidu
I felt that I would not be forgiven for leading my troops to retreat.
Gao Yi knew that he had no way out and had to attack Dengzhou City. Even if the two thousand soldiers and horses behind him were completely destroyed, he would still be able to shirk his responsibility.
It is not possible to take a detour to Dengzhou.
Qijiaji is only forty miles away from Dengzhou City. They have to take a detour and walk an extra hundred miles. Based on the situation at hand, in order to preserve the physical strength of the generals, they must slow down their speed. They will not be able to arrive until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest.
At the foot of Dengzhou City.
Maybe Liu Yefei is leading the remaining troops to support themselves in Dengzhou City at this time. This day is very critical, which is enough for the Huaidong reinforcements to gain a foothold in Dengzhou City. Is it possible to use two thousand cavalry to attack the Huaidong reinforcements station?
Can Dengzhou City be successful in keeping its footing and defending?
The key is that by reaching this point, the generals are already quite tired, and they are holding back their strength to keep their fighting spirit high. If it takes a day, this strength may collapse, and it will be even harder to shake the energetic Huaidong reinforcements.
Gao Yi continued to send small groups of cavalry to harass the Huaidong infantry. The fact of the reconnaissance was that the Huaidong infantry brigade entered the Qijiaji very hastily, which shows that the Huaidong reinforcements had just landed in Dengzhou.
It is very likely that Liu Yefei is still in control of the situation in Dengzhou, and the Huaidong reinforcements want to buy time to capture Dengzhou City, so they can only send infantry to Qijiaji to stop them. It is also possible that Liu Yefei has just been captured or died, and Huaidong
The Eastern reinforcements have not been in control of Dengzhou City for long, and the situation in Dengzhou is still very chaotic. They need to send troops to block here to buy more time. Even if Huaidong is good at deploying troops across the sea, the strength of the reinforcements that landed in Dengzhou
It can't be much.
Regardless of the possibility, as long as the infantry brigade in front of us is destroyed, the situation in Dengzhou will not be bad.
Deciding to attack Qijiaji by force, Gao Yi convened his generals to discuss tactics.
"It's quite law-abiding. The five or six hundred soldiers at the front are too hard-boned to be disturbed by a small group of cavalry. However, the soldiers on the two wings are relatively weak. It's just that the terrain on both wings is composed of stone ditches and stone slopes, which is not conducive for us to go up.
Launch an attack..." General Pan Dechong said.
There are many ways for cavalry to test the infantry formation. The more conventional one is to use a small group of elite cavalry to tease the enemy at the edge of an arrow's shooting range. It is difficult for infantry with insufficient training to correctly judge the distance and contain the panic of the battle when the enemy cavalry suddenly approaches.
, shooting in advance is the most common mistake.
Infantry that are poorly trained will naturally rewind their arrows slowly. If they do not grasp the timing well and waste the opportunity to be covered by a round of arrows, they will easily be attacked by the cavalry and collapse the formation.
There are not many tactical options that can be used in battle. Choosing to attack the relatively weak flank is always the highest priority tactical option.
Gao Yi knew that no reinforcements would be coming from behind him to the west bank of the Jiaolai River in a short time. In addition to crushing the Huaidong reinforcements blocking the road, he also had to save enough troops to rush to Dengzhou City to deal with the complex situation.
The situation - to avoid too heavy casualties in a head-on confrontation, defeating the Huaidong reinforcements from the flanks was the only choice Gao Yi could make.
Gao Yi personally rushed to the front line to survey the terrain, frowned and said: "Although the terrain is steep, it is not impossible to pass; Laofan, if you lead your troops to attack, you can pass by from the flank..."
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About to reach the top of the trees behind the sun, Gao Yi led two thousand light cavalry to press towards Qijia. First, two groups of cavalry approached the Huaidong Army's front line, moved in a relatively narrow space, and attacked the side corners of the Huaidong Army's front line.
Avoid the frontal arrow rain.
Suddenly, arrows flew across the sky, and the sound of piercing the air was like the wind emerging from the cracks in the rocks, shooting like rain.
Both sides were very cautious, and did not want to over-invest too many troops at once, nor did they want to get entangled all at once and fight to the death. Gao Yi and other troops led Fan Dechong and his horse soldiers to copy up from the left wing, and then they
A fierce frontal offensive was launched, driving the war horses directly through the simple obstacles set up by the Huaidong Army in front of the formation, and attacking the Huaidong Army's front line.
Zhao Hu had to admit that the enemy troops rushing towards him were all fierce soldiers.
Because they were attacking light cavalry, the enemy generals were only covered by light armor. Many soldiers were hit by arrows and fell off their horses when shot by rifle bows, but most of them could not hit their vital points at once. The wounded enemy soldiers were also injured.
They did not retreat, even if they lost their horses, they gritted their teeth and followed the other cavalrymen and continued to charge.
Zhao Hu also marched quickly to reach Qijiaji. The number of flying chariots accompanying the army was limited. Even if they were deployed in front of the formation, they would be forced away by the enemy's horses, but they could somewhat slow down the impact of the enemy's cavalry.
The generals of both sides were entangled and confused. Soon the ground became a river of blood, and the soil was filled with empty arrows. The wounded soldiers had no time to withdraw. They either gritted their teeth and persisted in fighting, or they were trampled to death.
The battle in the front line was fierce, and the enemy's dismounted soldiers attacked the left wing even more fiercely. Their weapons were mainly shorter lances, and they rushed forward in the face of the rain of arrows...