In the Battle of Wangxi Plain, the Sichuan Army deployed the most typical offensive formation - the Front Arrow Formation, with the Ninth Army Corps as the main force and the vanguard of the entire army, standing at the front like an arrow, with the Eleventh Army and the Tenth Army
The Seventh Army Corps, as an auxiliary army, responded like the tail of an arrow to help defend the two wings of the Ninth Army.
The overall formation of the Sichuan Army is defensive and offensive, with a clear division of labor. On the other hand, the rebels use unstructured human sea tactics. Among the rebels, there are almost no people who have systematically studied the art of war. To be precise, none of their senior leaders are proficient in it.
The generals who use the art of war and tactics still retain the bandit style until now, and they rush forward in a swarm when fighting.
When encountering ordinary enemies, with the Zhen people's tradition of bravery and fearlessness of death, they can defeat the enemy even without formations. However, when encountering the regular Central Army, and it is a legion battle, formations are not important.
The shortcomings are completely exposed.
In legion warfare, the role of an individual soldier's combat power is too limited. What matters is the overall coordination among the legions and the proficiency in mastering and using formations. These are the strengths of the regular Sichuan army, and they are precisely the strengths of the rebels.
The military's weakest point.
Therefore, when the strength of the two sides was equal, the Zhen Army did not gain the upper hand from the beginning of the battle. In other words, the Zhen Army could still compete with the Sichuan Army under such unstructured tactics of rushing forward in a swarm.
Up and down, and engaged in a long and exhausting battle, if it were a group of people from other places, let alone two hundred thousand, even two million would have been killed by the Sichuan army and defeated.
Tao Yuanfeng, who was watching the battle with Li Shu from behind, had his brows twisted into knots at this time. Looking at the Zhenjun who was in chaos in the camp like a headless fly, he shook his head secretly. This was a legion battle. Why did the Zhenjun still look like he was fighting?
Like a chaotic fight?
He said to Li Shu: "General, the Sichuan army uses the sharp arrow formation with the most powerful attack power. Our army should use the Yanyue formation to defeat it!"
Yanyue Formation, as its name suggests, the entire formation is like a crescent moon, with a concave center and convex wings. This formation focuses on the attack on the two wings, which can just avoid the sharp edge of the Sichuan Army's breakthrough in the center of the formation, and slam the Sichuan Army's attack from the two wings.
Weakness.
However, Li Shu's next words left Tao Yuanfeng completely speechless. "Ah, General Tao, I wonder, what is the Crescent Moon Formation?"
"..." Tao Yuanfeng began to curse in his heart, you damn thing don't even know what Yanyue Formation is, so why are you fighting? How can Zhenjun, who doesn't pay attention to formations, persist for so long in front of the Sichuan Army's Front Arrow Formation?
, it’s truly a miracle.
He held it in for a long time before he squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "General, this battle... it is really difficult for our army to win, so we should withdraw our troops for the time being!"
"Haha -" Li Shu laughed on his back, waved his hand and said: "General Tao, I don't know what Yanyue Formation you are talking about. We Zhen people have fought like this since ancient times. We don't talk about formations, only about success or failure.
Go forward bravely and kill the enemy thieves. Either the enemy will die or I will die. Among my loyal people, there are only warriors wrapped in horse leather, and there will never be cowards who retreat without a fight!"
Li Shu's words made many advisers and generals around him nod their heads. This was also the tradition of Zhenjun. Seeing this, Tao Yuanfeng stopped talking and cursed in his heart. So, you deserve to be punished by Zhenguo.
To destroy the country, it is not a pity to die for such an alien.
The Zhen army insisted on fighting in a chaotic manner and fought evenly with the well-formed Sichuan army. In Tao Yuanfeng's view, it was indeed a bit incredible.
The battle continued, and seemed to go on endlessly. The regiments in front were all destroyed in formation, but immediately new regiments joined the battle and advanced, and the casualties of the soldiers on both sides also appeared.
Straight up.
The sky gradually turned dark during the fierce battle between the Sichuan and Zhen armies. Neither side had any intention of retreating and calling a truce, so they immediately started fighting at night.
At this time, the Zhen Army began to fall behind, and the Sichuan Army's advantage in formation gradually emerged. However, the disadvantage shown by the Zhen Army was not very great, and they could still grit their teeth and continue to persevere.
The intensity of the night battle was far less intense than during the day, but both sides still suffered many casualties in the battle.
Then, the battle between the two sides entered the second day. The situation of the battle on the second day was similar to that of the night battle. The Sichuan Army had the advantage and the Zhen Army was at a disadvantage. It may not be obvious at a cold glance, but it can be obvious through the changes in the positions of both sides.
The ground felt this, and the Sichuan army advanced for more than a mile, while the Zhen army was pushed back for more than a mile.
Seeing that the Zhen Army was beginning to lose ground, the following battles would only make the Zhen Army's disadvantages become greater and greater, and the casualties would increase. Tao Yuanfeng, as the supervisor of the army, once again proposed to Li Shu that the entire army should temporarily
Retreat and wait for an opportunity to fight to the death with the Sichuan army.
But Li Shu's reply remained the same. He would not retreat until he died. He would rather return his body wrapped in horse leather than retreat in front of the battle. The fierceness of Li Shu's chastity revealed from his bones made Tao Yuanfeng completely helpless. He was the commander-in-chief of the entire army, and he did not give orders.
There is nothing you can do to retreat.
The fierce battle between the two sides entered the third day after a day and night.
By this time of the fight, both sides were exhausted and had already used up all the tactics they knew. The battle was no longer about combat tactics, coordination or formations, but rather the willpower of the soldiers on both sides.
Zhenren's strengths were finally revealed at this time. He was tenacious and ferocious. He could endure pain and fear of death. He had no extra thoughts in his mind and did not even think about running away.
Words, only the desire to survive, either to kill the enemy or to be killed.
At this point, Sichuan people are far inferior to Zhen people, or in other words, no one can compare with Zhen people.
After three consecutive days of fierce fighting, everywhere you looked were stumps and broken arms, bloody and deformed corpses. People here were no longer human beings, just like animals. Many Sichuan soldiers
My nerves are on the verge of collapse.
The soldiers in the front are fighting bloody battles, while those behind are making pots of rice. The Sichuan army pays attention to formations, and can switch between corps during fierce battles, allowing soldiers with full stomachs to replace those who are drunk and hungry.
, but there is no formation at all on the Zhenjun side, and the soldiers rushing in front cannot get down at all. If they want to escape from the battle, they have only two ways, either to be killed by the enemy, or to end the battle.
But the battle has been going on for three days, and we don’t know how long it will last. The Zhenjun soldiers fighting in the front will also drink and be hungry. In order to have the physical strength to continue fighting, in order to survive, they must eat.
, drink something, but in the center of the battle, where can they find something to fill their stomachs?
At this time, the soldiers of the Zhen Army made a move that stunned the Sichuan Army on the opposite side and made their scalps numb. People dismembered the corpses scattered on the battlefield into pieces, then picked them up and gnawed them. Looking at the Zhen Army again, their eyes were red.
Their faces were red, and even their teeth had turned blood red. They were drinking human blood, eating human flesh, and holding weapons in one hand, screaming incoherently and continuing to attack the Sichuan army.
In the eyes of the Sichuan people who have always regarded themselves as the most civilized people, the Zhenjun on the opposite side is still a human being, but a beast and a demon. In any case, they don't look like human beings.
Many Sichuan soldiers whose nerves were on the verge of collapse saw the horrifying scenes of Zhen soldiers cannibalizing people. Some Zhen soldiers even jumped on Sichuan soldiers like mad dogs, bit off their throats and sucked their blood. Their nerves completely collapsed and they screamed and ignored them.
Escape to the rear.
Such a scene made Tao Yuanfeng, who was in the same camp as the Zhen Army and far away from the battlefield, feel horrified and shuddered. This was simply a devil's army. If the Sichuan Army at this time had been replaced by the Feng Army, I'm afraid they would be like the current Sichuan Army.
Let’s scare away the terrifying virgins in droves...
Supporting the Zhen people is really a recipe for disaster. If Li Shu is really allowed to make his power bigger and stronger, Sichuan Kingdom will certainly be unlucky in the future, but it will definitely become a serious problem for Feng Kingdom!
At this time, Tao Yuanfeng really felt a sense of fear towards Zhenren, a fear that came from deep in his heart.
And the fear he had now directly affected Feng Guo's attitude towards Li Shu's forces later. Of course, this is a story later.
Seeing that the front army was in chaos and a large number of soldiers fled, the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army responded quickly and immediately sent out a war supervisory force to stabilize the collapse of the front army.
Under the strong pressure of the war supervising army, the Sichuan Army's front army finally stabilized, and the people gritted their teeth and continued to fight against the Zhenren on the opposite side. For the Sichuan Army, this battle was the most difficult nightmare in their lives.
The battle continued from the third day to the fifth day. During these five days and nights of fierce fighting, all the fighting strength of the Sichuan and Zhen armies were crippled. The casualties on both sides were too high to be counted. In the center of the battlefield, there were mountains of corpses. People
They were no longer fighting on the ground, they were stepping on corpses to fight.
By now, even Zhenren's tenacious willpower is gone. Quite a few soldiers are so tired that they can't even pick up their weapons. They can only struggle with the enemy on the opposite side with their bare hands. What's more, they are so tired that they can't even pick up their weapons.
Unable to stand up, he sat next to his enemy, breathing heavily and looking directly at him.
If the fight continues according to the current situation, both sides can only have the same result in the end, both sides will be destroyed. And when the fight reaches this point, both sides are no longer winners, but have completely lost.
In the end, it was the Sichuan Army who took the lead in sending an envoy to make peace with the Zhen Army. Li Shu did not persist this time and accepted the Sichuan Army's peace talks. The two sides made a truce and retreated.
This long-lasting battle on the Wangxi Plain finally came to an end when the Sichuan and Zhen armies were exhausted.
In this battle, the Sichuan Army's Ninth Army Corps suffered all casualties, the Eleventh and Seventeenth Army Corps suffered heavy losses, and of the 200,000-strong army, only more than 60,000 people remained.
As for the Zhen army, the battle loss rate was similar to that of the Sichuan army. There were more than 200,000 people, and only about 80,000 people were evacuated in the end. It can be said that after the battle on Wangxi Plain, the forces of both Sichuan and Zhen forces were crippled.
, there was no winner, but in terms of the overall strategy, the Sichuan Army won. They withstood the rebel offensive and defended Fantiao County, while the Zhen Army lost miserably and was slapped back to Bainan County.
Moreover, it is difficult for the troops to recover in a short period of time, and they will have to endure passive beatings for a long time.
In the Battle of Wangxi Plain, the Sichuan Army deployed the most typical offensive formation - the Front Arrow Formation, with the Ninth Army Corps as the main force and the vanguard of the entire army, standing at the front like an arrow, with the Eleventh Army and the Tenth Army
The Seventh Army Corps, as an auxiliary army, responded like the tail of an arrow to help defend the two wings of the Ninth Army.
The overall formation of the Sichuan Army is defensive and offensive, with a clear division of labor. On the other hand, the rebels use unstructured human sea tactics. Among the rebels, there are almost no people who have systematically studied the art of war. To be precise, none of their senior leaders are proficient in it.
The generals who use the art of war and tactics still retain the bandit style until now, and they rush forward in a swarm when fighting.
When encountering ordinary enemies, with the Zhen people's tradition of bravery and fearlessness of death, they can defeat the enemy even without formations. However, when encountering the regular Central Army, and it is a legion battle, formations are not important.
The shortcomings are completely exposed.
In legion warfare, the role of an individual soldier's combat power is too limited. What matters is the overall coordination among the legions and the proficiency in mastering and using formations. These are the strengths of the regular Sichuan army, and they are precisely the strengths of the rebels.
The military's weakest point.
Therefore, when the strength of the two sides was equal, the Zhen Army did not gain the upper hand from the beginning of the battle. In other words, the Zhen Army could still compete with the Sichuan Army under such unstructured tactics of rushing forward in a swarm.
Up and down, and engaged in a long and exhausting battle, if it were a group of people from other places, let alone two hundred thousand, even two million would have been killed by the Sichuan army and defeated.
Tao Yuanfeng, who was watching the battle with Li Shu from behind, had his brows twisted into knots at this time. Looking at the Zhenjun who was in chaos in the camp like a headless fly, he shook his head secretly. This was a legion battle. Why did the Zhenjun still look like he was fighting?
Like a chaotic fight?
He said to Li Shu: "General, the Sichuan army uses the sharp arrow formation with the most powerful attack power. Our army should use the Yanyue formation to defeat it!"
Yanyue Formation, as its name suggests, the entire formation is like a crescent moon, with a concave center and convex wings. This formation focuses on the attack on the two wings, which can just avoid the sharp edge of the Sichuan Army's breakthrough in the center of the formation, and slam the Sichuan Army's attack from the two wings.
Weakness.
However, Li Shu's next words left Tao Yuanfeng completely speechless. "Ah, General Tao, I wonder, what is the Crescent Moon Formation?"
"..." Tao Yuanfeng began to curse in his heart, you damn thing don't even know what Yanyue Formation is, so why are you fighting? How can Zhenjun, who doesn't pay attention to formations, persist for so long in front of the Sichuan Army's Front Arrow Formation?
, it’s truly a miracle.
He held it in for a long time before he squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "General, this battle... it is really difficult for our army to win, so we should withdraw our troops for the time being!"
"Haha -" Li Shu laughed on his back, waved his hand and said: "General Tao, I don't know what Yanyue Formation you are talking about. We Zhen people have fought like this since ancient times. We don't talk about formations, only about success or failure.
Go forward bravely and kill the enemy thieves. Either the enemy will die or I will die. Among my loyal people, there are only warriors wrapped in horse leather, and there will never be cowards who retreat without a fight!"
Li Shu's words made many advisers and generals around him nod their heads. This was also the tradition of Zhenjun. Seeing this, Tao Yuanfeng stopped talking and cursed in his heart. So, you deserve to be punished by Zhenguo.
To destroy the country, it is not a pity to die for such an alien.
The Zhen army insisted on fighting in a chaotic manner and fought evenly with the well-formed Sichuan army. In Tao Yuanfeng's view, it was indeed a bit incredible.
The battle continued, and seemed to go on endlessly. The regiments in front were all destroyed in formation, but immediately new regiments joined the battle and advanced, and the casualties of the soldiers on both sides also appeared.
Straight up.
The sky gradually turned dark during the fierce battle between the Sichuan and Zhen armies. Neither side had any intention of retreating and calling a truce, so they immediately started fighting at night.
At this time, the Zhen Army began to fall behind, and the Sichuan Army's advantage in formation gradually emerged. However, the disadvantage shown by the Zhen Army was not very great, and they could still grit their teeth and continue to persevere.
The intensity of the night battle was far less intense than during the day, but both sides still suffered many casualties in the battle.
Then, the battle between the two sides entered the second day. The situation of the battle on the second day was similar to that of the night battle. The Sichuan Army had the advantage and the Zhen Army was at a disadvantage. It may not be obvious at a cold glance, but it can be obvious through the changes in the positions of both sides.
The ground felt this, and the Sichuan army advanced for more than a mile, while the Zhen army was pushed back for more than a mile.
Seeing that the Zhen Army was beginning to lose ground, the following battles would only make the Zhen Army's disadvantages become greater and greater, and the casualties would increase. Tao Yuanfeng, as the supervisor of the army, once again proposed to Li Shu that the entire army should temporarily
Retreat and wait for an opportunity to fight to the death with the Sichuan army.
But Li Shu's reply remained the same. He would not retreat until he died. He would rather return his body wrapped in horse leather than retreat in front of the battle. The fierceness of Li Shu's chastity revealed from his bones made Tao Yuanfeng completely helpless. He was the commander-in-chief of the entire army, and he did not give orders.
There is nothing you can do to retreat.
The fierce battle between the two sides entered the third day after a day and night.
By this time of the fight, both sides were exhausted and had already used up all the tactics they knew. The battle was no longer about combat tactics, coordination or formations, but rather the willpower of the soldiers on both sides.
Zhenren's strengths were finally revealed at this time. He was tenacious and ferocious. He could endure pain and fear of death. He had no extra thoughts in his mind and did not even think about running away.
Words, only the desire to survive, either to kill the enemy or to be killed.
At this point, Sichuan people are far inferior to Zhen people, or in other words, no one can compare with Zhen people.
After three consecutive days of fierce fighting, everywhere you looked were stumps and broken arms, bloody and deformed corpses. People here were no longer human beings, just like animals. Many Sichuan soldiers
My nerves are on the verge of collapse.
The soldiers in the front are fighting bloody battles, while those behind are making pots of rice. The Sichuan army pays attention to formations, and can switch between corps during fierce battles, allowing soldiers with full stomachs to replace those who are drunk and hungry.
, but there is no formation at all on the Zhenjun side, and the soldiers rushing in front cannot get down at all. If they want to escape from the battle, they have only two ways, either to be killed by the enemy, or to end the battle.
But the battle has been going on for three days, and we don’t know how long it will last. The Zhenjun soldiers fighting in the front will also drink and be hungry. In order to have the physical strength to continue fighting, in order to survive, they must eat.
, drink something, but in the center of the battle, where can they find something to fill their stomachs?
At this time, the soldiers of the Zhen Army made a move that stunned the Sichuan Army on the opposite side and made their scalps numb. People dismembered the corpses scattered on the battlefield into pieces, then picked them up and gnawed them. Looking at the Zhen Army again, their eyes were red.
Their faces were red, and even their teeth had turned blood red. They were drinking human blood, eating human flesh, and holding weapons in one hand, screaming incoherently and continuing to attack the Sichuan army.
In the eyes of the Sichuan people who have always regarded themselves as the most civilized people, the Zhenjun on the opposite side is still a human being, but a beast and a demon. In any case, they don't look like human beings.
Many Sichuan soldiers whose nerves were on the verge of collapse saw the horrifying scenes of Zhen soldiers cannibalizing people. Some Zhen soldiers even jumped on Sichuan soldiers like mad dogs, bit off their throats and sucked their blood. Their nerves completely collapsed and they screamed and ignored them.
Escape to the rear.
Such a scene made Tao Yuanfeng, who was in the same camp as the Zhen Army and far away from the battlefield, feel horrified and shuddered. This was simply a devil's army. If the Sichuan Army at this time had been replaced by the Feng Army, I'm afraid they would be like the current Sichuan Army.
Let’s scare away the terrifying virgins in droves...
Supporting the Zhen people is really a recipe for disaster. If Li Shu is really allowed to make his power bigger and stronger, Sichuan Kingdom will certainly be unlucky in the future, but it will definitely become a serious problem for Feng Kingdom!
At this time, Tao Yuanfeng really felt a sense of fear towards Zhenren, a fear that came from deep in his heart.
And the fear he had now directly affected Feng Guo's attitude towards Li Shu's forces later. Of course, this is a story later.
Seeing that the front army was in chaos and a large number of soldiers fled, the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army responded quickly and immediately sent out a war supervisory force to stabilize the collapse of the front army.
Under the strong pressure of the war supervising army, the Sichuan Army's front army finally stabilized, and the people gritted their teeth and continued to fight against the Zhenren on the opposite side. For the Sichuan Army, this battle was the most difficult nightmare in their lives.
The battle continued from the third day to the fifth day. During these five days and nights of fierce fighting, all the fighting strength of the Sichuan and Zhen armies were crippled. The casualties on both sides were too high to be counted. In the center of the battlefield, there were mountains of corpses. People
They were no longer fighting on the ground, they were stepping on corpses to fight.
By now, even Zhenren's tenacious willpower is gone. Quite a few soldiers are so tired that they can't even pick up their weapons. They can only struggle with the enemy on the opposite side with their bare hands. What's more, they are so tired that they can't even pick up their weapons.
Unable to stand up, he sat next to his enemy, breathing heavily and looking directly at him.
If the fight continues according to the current situation, both sides can only have the same result in the end, both sides will be destroyed. And when the fight reaches this point, both sides are no longer winners, but have completely lost.
In the end, it was the Sichuan Army who took the lead in sending an envoy to make peace with the Zhen Army. Li Shu did not persist this time and accepted the Sichuan Army's peace talks. The two sides made a truce and retreated.
This long-lasting battle on the Wangxi Plain finally came to an end when the Sichuan and Zhen armies were exhausted.
In this battle, the Sichuan Army's Ninth Army Corps suffered all casualties, the Eleventh and Seventeenth Army Corps suffered heavy losses, and of the 200,000-strong army, only more than 60,000 people remained.
As for the Zhen army, the battle loss rate was similar to that of the Sichuan army. There were more than 200,000 people, and only about 80,000 people were evacuated in the end. It can be said that after the battle on Wangxi Plain, the forces of both Sichuan and Zhen forces were crippled.
, there was no winner, but in terms of the overall strategy, the Sichuan Army won. They withstood the rebel offensive and defended Fantiao County, while the Zhen Army lost miserably and was slapped back to Bainan County.
Moreover, it is difficult for the troops to recover in a short period of time, and they will have to endure passive beatings for a long time.