On June 25, the Wei army dispatched 100,000 troops to Handan, of which King Su's army accounted for 60%, and the remaining 40% was Wei Wu's army under the command of General Shaohu.
When the 100,000-strong army arrived at the Gaoqiang area, the Han generals stationed at the Gaoqiang area and Taiyuan Shou Lianbo climbed up the high wall and looked at the menacing Wei army in the distance. They were inevitably a little surprised.
Lian Pi originally thought that after feeling the momentum of his Wu'an and Han army's "swearing to seize Handan" this time, the Wei army would choose to retreat to Handan.
Because in his opinion, the Wei army captured Handan, the royal capital of South Korea, and the purpose of the demonstration had been achieved. Next, being able to defend Handan was the primary consideration in whether they could maximize the post-war benefits from South Korea.
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What he didn't expect was that the Wei army was much tougher than he expected. It seemed that they didn't bother to "borrow the city wall" and were determined to defeat the Wu'an and Han army under fair circumstances. It is no exaggeration to say that the Wei army's momentum was unmatched.
Not inferior to the Wu'an Han army who "swore to seize Handan".
"Interesting... Wei Gongzi Run..."
Even though they were opposed to each other, Lian Pi also had some affection for Wei Gongzi Run, the commander-in-chief of Wei Fang who occupied Handan.
He didn't care about so many things. In his opinion, Wei Gongzi Run dared to lead troops out of the city to fight him outside the city, so he could be regarded as a young hero.
The only thing Lian Pi feels sorry for at this moment is that it is said that Wei Gongzi Run is only nineteen years old, and he is also a wise general with no power. Otherwise, wouldn't it be wonderful if he could fight against such young heroes?
But then he thought again, and the regret in Lian Pi's heart was immediately replaced by excitement. After all, he heard that Wu Ji, the Shang Shui Army general who killed the cavalry general Xin Zan on Jixian battlefield alone, was the Young Master of Wei.
Run the generals under your command.
"Order to meet the enemy!"
Standing on the high wall, Lian Pi waved his hand and ordered his 30,000 Taiyuan troops to line up in the open space in front of the high wall, preparing to fight the Wei army.
To be fair, Lian Pi was waiting for reinforcements at this time - the Wei army in Handan was almost in full force. It was impossible that Wu'an did not receive the message, so as expected, within a few moments, Lihou Hanwu would personally lead an army to help.
At that time, Ma She's Shanggu Army, Qin Kai's Yuyang Army, and Dangyin Hou Han Yang's army will all join the battle one after another.
Even the army under Bao Yuan - although Bao Yuan himself was injured and could no longer go to the battlefield in person, he handed over the military power to Yanmen Shou Li Mu, who also belonged to the "royal faction", and asked Li Mu to command his troops on his behalf.
army.
Coupled with the defeats of Feng Ting and Jin Bo, it can be said that the military strength of the Han army in Wu'an this time will not be much inferior to that of the Wei army.
However, Lian Pi had no intention of retreating to the high wall and waiting for reinforcements. Even though he only had 30,000 troops under his command, he still put up a posture to fight the Wei army.
This situation surprised Zhao Hongrun and General Shao Hu.
"Taiyuan Army... Could it be that this Korean army is the same Korean army that defeated General Jiang Bi in Jinyang, Taiyuan?"
When looking at the enemy's strength before the battle, General Shao Hu asked Zhao Hongrun with slight surprise.
Zhao Hongrun looked at the "Taiyuan Army" flags fluttering along the high wall in the distance, frowned and said: "If South Korea does not have two "Taiyuan Guards", then the leader of this Korean Army should be that Korean Army.
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General Shaohu frowned when he heard this, feeling a little unhappy.
Of course, this displeasure was not directed at Zhao Hongrun, but at the opposite Han general Lian Pi: Shao Hu and His Highness Su Wang Hongrun joined forces to gather 100,000 troops to attack the high wall, but the opposite Lian Pi dared to use 30,000 soldiers.
Putting on a posture to meet the enemy, it was clear that he and Zhao Hongrun were not taken seriously.
In addition, Lian Pi had defeated their Wei general Jiang Bi, which made Shao Hu want to meet Lian Pi opposite him.
Therefore, he turned to King Su Zhao Hongrun and said, "Your Highness, please plunder the formation for our army."
Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment when he heard this.
In fact, when they decided to go to war, he and Shao Hu did not discuss the matter of "who would be responsible for the main attack." After all, they both knew that both King Su's army and Wei Wu's army were the elite of his Wei state, and they would never
It is inferior to the army of "Sixth Garrison Battalion".
But now that Shaohu said this, it showed that Shaohu was prepared to use the honest and prudent army of the Han generals on the opposite side as the touchstone for his Wei soldiers' initial formation.
In fact, to be more realistic, Wei Wujun under Shaohu's command has encountered many battles since joining the Northern Xinjiang Campaign. However, in those battles, Wei Wujun participated in the battle as an auxiliary army, just to support the Shanyang Army.
Or the Nanyan Army, other than that, they were either serving as ambushes, and actually fought as the main force on the battlefield. This was really the first time.
Presumably, Shao Hu also hopes to prove the strength of his second-generation Wei Wujun through this battle, lest some people in the country use words to attack his army, thinking that his second-generation Wei Wujun is not worthy of the name and is not worthy of the title of "Great Wei Wujun".
Looking at General Shao Hu's firm eyes, Zhao Hongrun shrugged helplessly and agreed to the matter.
Who would let General Shaohu in front of him be the commander-in-chief of their armies in northern Xinjiang?
"I would like to wish the general a victorious return in advance!" Zhao Hongrun congratulated him seriously.
"Your Highness's kind words." Shao Hu hugged his fists towards Zhao Hongrun, then said goodbye to the latter, and directed his Wei Wujun to move forward slowly.
At this time, the Wei army's formation on the battlefield gradually changed. King Su's army, originally the front team, gradually retreated to the north and south wings of the battlefield, assuming a crane-wing formation, while Wei Wu's army took their original positions.
Seeing this change in the Wei army's formation, Han General Lian Pi was a little disappointed, because he wanted to fight the army under Wei Gongzi Run, not the "Wei Wu Army" that had not been famous in the two northern Xinjiang campaigns.
However, after thinking about it carefully, Lian Pi felt that the name "Wei Wujun" was indeed familiar - wasn't this the most famous infantry army of Wei State a hundred years ago, but was later destroyed in Shangdang County.
"The state of Wei rebuilt this army?"
Lian Bu touched his chin with interest and thought maliciously: If he destroyed the Wei Wu army again, would it be a blow to the Wei army?
But such relaxed thoughts disappeared as soon as Wei Wuzu quickly formed a formation to meet the enemy.
Because with his innate keen intuition, Lian Pio discovered to his surprise that the momentum of the Wei Wu army on the opposite side was very powerful, which made him stop being underestimated.
"Woo-wu-wu-wu-"
As three bugles sounded, Wei Wujun began to approach the high wall area.
It has to be said that when the war reached this situation, the generals of Wei and South Korea had nothing to say to each other, it was just that their subordinates saw the truth.
Seeing this, Lian Pu waved his hand and ordered his infantry to move forward.
Due to the personalities of the commanders of both sides, the Wei Wujun and the Taiyuan Korean Army did not have a situation where "one side attacks and the other defends". Instead, they both hoped to overwhelm the other side in terms of momentum. This created a solemn and tense atmosphere before the two armies met.
The battlefield has been ignited, making the soldiers on both sides feel the atmosphere of the decisive battle.
Even Zhao Hongrun, who had led the army for many years, could not help but tighten the reins at this time, secretly sweating for the general Shao Hu - Shao Hu and Lian Pi were actually two generals who faced each other, like two fierce tigers.
, if you fight, you will be injured.
At this time, on the battlefield, although the two armies of Taiyuan, the Han Army and the Wei Wu Army, had not yet engaged in close combat, they had already launched a long-range offensive.
I saw the crossbowmen of the Han army in Taiyuan launching a volley, causing a rain of arrows to cover the Wei Wujun. For a moment, arrows rained down like rain. Even Zhao Hongrun, who was watching the battle in the rear, was sweating coldly for the Wei Wujun.
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However, what was unexpected was that Wei Wuzu used the shield in his hand to protect his head and rushed over forcefully.
It was vaguely visible that many Wei soldiers, who were covered with arrows and looked like living hedgehogs, were still alive and well and rushed into the formation of the Korean army in Taiyuan, which frightened many Korean soldiers - what the hell is this?!
Why can a person move freely even though his chest is filled with arrows?
Even the soldiers and generals of King Su's army were confused when they saw this scene.
Perhaps Zhao Hongrun is the only one on the battlefield who knows the truth at this moment.
In fact, the reason is very simple. Even though the chests of the Wei warriors seemed to be full of arrows, in fact, the Korean army's crossbow arrows only penetrated the first layer of armor on their bodies at best - yes, the Wei warriors were
Heavy infantry wearing three layers of armor!
I remember that in the documents of the Zongfu, there is a description of the "First Dynasty Wei Soldiers": "Wear armor with three attributes, wield a crossbow with twelve stones, bear fifty arrows, put a gun on it, wear a crown and sword, and win in three days."
Food, at midday, goes hundreds of miles away."
This means that the soldiers of Wei wore three layers of iron armor, could fire a twelve-stone crossbow, each carried fifty crossbow bolts, carried a long sword or an iron halberd, a belt with a sharp sword, and carried three days of combat provisions, and could walk in half a day.
More than a hundred miles.
It seems that such a powerful Wei army is difficult to match even the current King Su's army. It is indeed the ace army of the Wei state.
Of course, this three-layer armor does not refer to the iron armor like that of King Su's army. Otherwise, if the three-layer armor is put on the body and the weight is up to several hundred kilograms, it would be really bad for the Wei warriors to be able to move freely.
These three layers of armor refer to leather armor, that is, leather armor made of folded and sewn thick cowhide. The thickness of each layer of leather armor is about the width of a little finger, so that when wearing three layers of armor, the thickness of the armor is more than
Two knuckles are the strongest defense.
At that time, the State of Wei was an era in which countries in the Central Plains had not yet developed strong iron armor. Wei's warriors relied on their strong defensive power wearing three layers of armor to defeat the armies of various countries, making the reputation of "Wei's warriors" resound throughout the world.
Now, the second generation of Wei warriors followed the tradition of the first generation of Wei warriors and also wore three layers of armor. However, the three layers of armor of the second generation of Wei warriors are not all leather armor. One layer has been replaced by leather armor.
Replaced by inlaid armor.
Zhao Hongrun once felt that the reason why the first Wei soldiers wore three layers of leather armor was because the Wei State had not yet developed strong iron armor at that time. Now that the Wei State has the technology to cast iron armor, the leather armor should be able to be used.
Eliminated.
But now, Zhao Hongrun suddenly discovered that when they were on the battlefield wearing three layers of leather armor, and their defensive power was no less than that of Wei soldiers wearing iron armor, they had a natural deterrent effect on the enemy.
Think about it, when you see the enemy troops with arrows in their chests still charging up vigorously, don't you feel frightened?
Of course, this was just a joke that Zhao Hongrun used to calm his nervousness and entertain himself.
But it is undeniable that what he guessed did happen on the battlefield.