From the bottom of his heart, Feng Ting did not want to go to war with the army under the command of Wei Gongzi Ji Run at this time.
Because as far as he knew, the Wei army led by Wei Gongzi Ji Run had been cut off by the troops stationed at Gaolang under Bao Yuan, cutting off the Wei army's food and grass transportation.
Therefore, as long as the Wei army is surrounded, the Wei army will collapse sooner or later due to food and grass problems, and there is no need to start a war at all.
It is precisely because of this that after Feng Ting led his army to Danshui northwest of Xuushi City, he cut down the forest and built a military camp here. He never thought of attacking Xuushi City or the other three Wei camps.
In fact, Feng Ting was a little helpless about this.
If it were another army facing the problem of high rations, I believe the morale of the army's sergeants would have been seriously affected, and deserters would appear one after another, or even the Korean army would simply surrender.
In this case, Feng Ting only needs to cooperate with Bao Yuan and Jin Bo to surround the Wei army on three sides, and he can annihilate the Wei army without even starting a fight.
But the Wei army in front of us is somewhat special. This King Su army, composed of Yanling Army, Shangshui Army, and Youma Army, has never fought a single battle since Wei Gongzi Ji Run first set out to conquer Chu three years ago.
In this battle, whether it was Chu Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo or Chu
Shouling Junjingshe, the Chu State's general Xiang Mo, then to Sanchuan, then to the Qin army, and then to the Han army. No matter what kind of enemy it faced, this Wei army had never been defeated. This led to this
The soldiers of the Wei army possess a kind of blind optimism and self-confidence.
They believe that no matter what kind of enemy they face, no matter what kind of danger they find themselves in, victory will still belong to them in the end.
This is why the soldiers of this Wei army always maintain high morale and are very difficult to deal with.
This is not a "proud soldier" in the general sense. To be precise, this is an army that has been forged into glory. Every Wei soldier in the army hopes to do their best to maintain the undefeated legend of their own army. This
It's more difficult.
Of course, if it were just like this, that would be fine. After all, there are a series of methods for dealing with arrogant soldiers in the Art of War. Otherwise, there would be no saying that "arrogant soldiers will be defeated".
The bad thing is that the military discipline of this Wei army is very strict. What's more terrible is that the Wei Gongzi Ji Run, who is the commander-in-chief of the three armies, is not a commander who will be dazzled by constant victories.
Therefore, although this Wei army is a "arrogant soldier", it is also a "arrogant soldier and a strong general". It is an extremely difficult and powerful enemy to deal with.
The Wei army was very embarrassed because they had captured the city of Xuanshi, but there was a food problem.
The Korean army was also very embarrassed. It clearly had a strategic advantage and could have surrounded the Wei army. However, the offensive nature of this Wei army was so strong that even the powerful Korean army was afraid of competing with it.
"The timing is really good to catch the ground..."
Standing on the watchtower inside the camp, Feng Ting looked at the Wei army coming slowly from a distance and frowned involuntarily.
In the past two days, when Feng Ting ordered the construction of a military camp here, he was wondering whether the Wei Gongzi Ji Run would send troops to attack.
Facts have proved that the Wei army had no intention of attacking him in the past two days, but just when Feng Ting mistakenly thought that the Wei army was preparing to evacuate south, the Wei army sent troops without warning, which made Feng Ting really depressed.
He couldn't help but want to yell at Wei Gongzi Ji Run: You didn't come early, you didn't come late, but you came when our army had repaired half of the camp. What does this mean?
Depressed, depressed, Feng Ting can more or less understand the intention of Wei Gongzi Ji Run: he wants you to draw water from a bamboo basket and make all your efforts go in vain.
At this time, Feng Ting's deputy general Feng Ting saw his general's face looking pensive, so he whispered: "General, why don't we withdraw our troops?... The Wei army is just a trapped beast right now, and there is no need for our army to fight with it."
"..." Feng Ting glanced at the deputy general Zheng Ji when he heard this.
Seeing this, Lieutenant General Zheng Ji immediately realized his gaffe, lowered his head and stopped talking.
It is undeniable that the current situation is not suitable for a confrontation with the Wei army, but since the Wei army has taken the initiative to attack, Feng Ting cannot retreat without a fight - this is based on the internal political considerations of the Korean court.
Perhaps in the eyes of the Wei people, the initiators of these two northern Xinjiang campaigns were both Koreans, and there was no change. However, in the eyes of Feng Ting and other Korean generals, there was a difference in the initiators of these two campaigns.
The last battle in the northern frontier between Wei and Han was initiated by "Lihou Han Wu", so the Han general Jin Fu who served for this prince could become the commander-in-chief of all armies at that time.
But unfortunately, the results of the Korean army in the last battle were not significant. Although the momentum of the Korean army was quite fierce at the beginning of the battle and they captured many cities of the Wei State, in the middle and late stages of the battle, the Wei State began to exert its strength. Famous generals from Wei, such as Wei General Shao Hu, Wei General Jiang Bi, and Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo, successively participated in the war in northern Xinjiang, causing the Korean army to gradually lose the advantage it had previously gained.
The great nobles in South Korea were very dissatisfied with this, which caused "Lihou Hanwu" to lose a group of supporters in the country.
This time in the northern Xinjiang battle, "Lihou Han Wu" was not in sole control like the last time. It involved some forces from other factions, such as Bao Yuan, the commander-in-chief of the armies, who was a supporter of Han Wangran.
Of course, Han Wangran does not actually pose much of a threat to "Li Hou Han Wu". After all, the contemporary King of Han is an introverted and cowardly king. If it were not for the support of military generals such as Baoyuan and some veterans, he would not even be able to sit on the throne. Unstable.
The key lies in another person, "Kang Gong Han Hu".
In terms of seniority in the royal family, "Kang Gong Han Hu" is the uncle of Han Wang Ran and "Lihou Han Wu". It is rumored that this man coveted the throne and wanted his son to become the king of Han, "Dangyin Hou Han Yang". As his nephew, he was recommended by "Kang Gong Han Hu" and became the commander-in-chief of Handan's army to attack Hedong County of Wei State.
As a member of the "Lihou Hanwu" family, if he, Feng Ting, makes a move to retreat without a fight during this battle, even if he makes a correct judgment, he will definitely be criticized by people from the "Kang Gong Hanhu" side after the war. accusations and attacks.
Therefore, he would inevitably be attacked by political opponents in the future, and Feng Ting had to respond. After all, his backer "Lihou Hanwu" did not have much advantage against the forces of "Kang Gong and Han Hu".
"Go down with the order and accept the challenge." Feng Ting said lightly after exhaling slightly.
After hearing this, the generals around them clasped their fists and accepted the order, including the deputy general Zheng Ji, and they all got off the watchtower.
In fact, in the camp, the soldiers of Feng Ting's army were already ready to attack, but Feng Ting's order to attack had not been issued, so they did not leave the camp.
Now that Feng Ting had given the order to attack, the soldiers opened the gate of the camp, swarmed outside the camp, and arranged their troops in the open space outside the camp.
The army brought by Feng Ting this time was not large, only about 30,000, of which 7,000 were cavalry, and the rest were infantry and crossbowmen.
Even though Feng Ting's army was smaller than the Wei army, Feng Ting's army had 7,000 cavalry, which was a force that could turn the tide of the battle.
However, this time facing the Wei army in the distance, Feng Ting was not very sure of victory.
Because he vaguely saw a flag in the ranks of the Wei army, and he could vaguely recognize the small seal script of the State of Wei written on the flag - "Shang Shui Wandering Horse".
"Shang Shui Youma... is the Wei Cavalry that Bao Yuan mentioned that day, with both men and horses wearing thick armor?"
Recalling that Bao Yuan once told Feng Ting that his 30,000 cavalry were defeated in front of only 5,000 Shangshui horse cavalry, Feng Ting felt a little uneasy.
Therefore, he did not organize the seven thousand cavalry into an attack sequence. Instead, he asked the cavalry to prepare for attack on the flanks, waiting for opportunities to move to see if they could find any weaknesses in the Wei army so as to give the latter a fatal blow.
As for the main battlefield, Feng Ting chose a combined defense line of infantry and crossbowmen, and waited solemnly for the arrival of the Wei army.
In the distance, the Wei army gradually stopped advancing and continued to deploy troops one after another.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun led the clan guards to a nearby slope and climbed up to peek at the formation of Feng Ting's army. When he saw that the main force of Feng Ting's army was all infantry and crossbowmen, he burst into laughter.
You must know that the advantage of the Korean army lies in strategy, such as the Korean light cavalry. Unless these cavalry foolishly choose to clash with the Youma heavy cavalry, otherwise, the Suwang army has almost nothing to do against them - the infantry challenges the cavalry, and if they can block it,
Not bad, but still expect to completely annihilate the opponent?
The Korean swordsmen, with their agility in the mountains and forests, once put pressure on the infantry of the Shangshui Army. On Wangwu Mountain, without the help of Shangshui Qingya, I believe that the Shangshui soldiers and the Korean swordsmen would have been
Casualties were about one to two.
That is, the death of two Korean light infantrymen can be exchanged for one Wei heavy infantryman. This is a ratio that Zhao Hongrun is very dissatisfied with.
However, that was only a local battlefield. If it were a large-scale army battle, Zhao Hongrun was confident that the sacrifice of one Wei soldier could lead to several times or even ten times the number of enemy casualties.
Why?
Because Korean swordsmen are light infantry.
"Hey!"
With a malicious smile, Zhao Hongrun turned his attention to the two thousand Yuma heavy riders in his own army who were wearing heavy armor.
"Woo-wu-wu-wu-"
Three horns sounded to represent the attack, and the entire Yanling Army pressed forward. The 30,000 infantrymen marched in relatively orderly steps, approaching Feng Ting's army on the opposite side step by step.
Feng Ting was greatly surprised by this kind of all-out attack from the very beginning. Apart from the surprise, a bit of anger inevitably welled up in his heart.
Because only when victory is certain, the step of testing each other's military strength will be omitted and directly enter a fierce battle.
In other words, the Wei army in front of them did not take Han General Feng Ting's army seriously at all.
"You think this battle will be won?...Are you looking down on Feng, Mr. Wei Run?"
Feng Ting secretly said with a steady expression.
It has to be said that Zhao Hongrun was a little innocent for being hated by Feng Ting for no reason. He did not underestimate Feng Ting's army. The whole army pressed forward just to protect Yuma's heavy cavalry when the time came - the heavy cavalry could only attack the infantry square.
One threat is that when the speed of the heavy cavalry is limited by the dense enemy infantry, the heavy cavalry itself has almost no counterattack ability. At this time, friendly infantry must be inserted in time to support the heavy cavalry.
Therefore, pressing the infantry up in advance is also to support the heavy cavalry as soon as possible.
At the same time, in the center of the Wei army's team, two thousand heavy horsemen quickly put on heavy armor with the help of friendly soldiers, drove their horses, and slowly ran out of their own team.
Facing the infantry phalanx of Feng Tingjun who was waiting solemnly on the opposite side, they gradually began to run up and speed up.
The heavy cavalry attacked the light infantry's defense line. Zhao Hongrun had already guessed this result.