Chapter 1238: First Battle: Zero Defeat vs Zero Defeat (3) [Two in One]
"Quick! Reorganize the formation! Reorganize the formation!"
In the hinterland of the "Handan Army" on the Korean right, Lieutenant General Li Han shouted at the top of his lungs, hoping to wake up the ignorant and bewildered soldiers nearby.
The Han soldiers of the Handan Army were killed by the Iron Eagle Cavalry of the Qin Army.
Especially those Korean soldiers who had narrowly escaped with their lives in the Shangdang battlefield and the iron hooves of the Wei Kingdom's horse heavy cavalry, their faces were full of panic at this moment, as if they had returned to that frightening memory.
Many Korean soldiers felt that Qin's Iron Eagle Cavalry was really similar to Wei's Youma Heavy Cavalry. This similarity gave them an inexplicable fear when facing the Iron Eagle Cavalry.
In the final analysis, it is still a psychological fear. At least in the view of Baoyuan's lieutenant Li Han, Qin's Iron Eagle Cavalry is not as good as Wei's Youma Heavy Cavalry.
Wei's Shangshui horses are heavily mounted, which makes people desperate: both men and horses are covered with thick armor, which cannot be penetrated by bows and crossbows, and cannot be damaged by swords and guns. It only takes one charge to kill thousands of people.
Even tens of thousands of our own troops were completely reduced to ashes - this is the "Despair Level" cavalry!
Compared with the Shangshui Youma Heavy Cavalry of the Wei State, although the Qin State's Iron Eagle Cavalry also wears a certain degree of thick armor, the coverage of the armor is not as good as that of the Youma Heavy Cavalry.
While advancing forward, the Qin cavalry actually suffered casualties one after another. However, the Handan Army's counterattack was not strong enough, so the casualties of the Qin cavalry were not obvious.
But no matter what, this Qin cavalry can be defeated, and it is not an invincible and hopeless enemy like the Wei cavalry.
"Don't retreat! Don't retreat! Anyone who retreats will be killed without mercy!"
Korean general Li Han and his guards temporarily acted as a supervising force, killing Korean soldiers one after another who tried to escape on the spot, in an attempt to curb the momentum of their own defeat with chilling.
But the effect is minimal.
In just a moment, the Iron Eagle Cavalry advanced more than two hundred feet again, defeating layers of defenses. It was like a giant ship riding the wind and waves in the vast ocean, unstoppable.
Seeing his army retreating steadily, Li Han became anxious.
Suddenly, he seemed to notice something, and his eyes narrowed, showing a bit of pain.
It turned out that in the distance, Qin general Tian Meng fought hard to kill Li Han's colleague Lu Yuan, put the latter's head on the tip of the knife, and shouted something at the surrounding Han soldiers.
"Report!...General Lu Yuan died in battle!"
The messenger arrived late and reported the bad news to Li Han.
In fact, when Qin generals Wu Zhao, Meng Yue, and Tian Meng launched a two-sided attack on the Handan Army, Lu Yuan was the only general who died in the Handan Army. However, Lu Yuan was the only general who died in the battle, except for Li Han.
, the old man who had been with Bao Yuan at the beginning, the death of this colleague in the battle made Li Han feel particularly heartbroken.
"I can't stop it... I can't stop it..."
Li Han subconsciously tightened the reins, as if he was in the middle of charcoal fire, which made him feel inexplicably anxious.
Qin general Wu Zhao's attack was so fierce. This Qin man, who was nine feet tall and as strong as a bear, not to mention frightened ordinary soldiers, even Li Han felt tremendous pressure.
Especially when he saw Wu Zhao swinging an iron spear as thick as a child's arm and sending four or five Korean soldiers flying with one sweep, Li Han almost stopped breathing in fright: This reckless man!
What did you eat to grow? Why are you so strong?
"hateful!"
Seeing Qin General Wu Zhao killing his own army, Li Han could not wait to jump on his horse and kill the beast with his own hands!
Because he knew that the reason why the Qin Army's Iron Eagle Cavalry had such high morale and became more courageous as they fought was largely because of Wu Zhao's bravery - this reckless man of the Qin people had already killed several generals of their Handan Army.
But Li Han also had self-awareness and knew that he was no match for Na Wu Zhao. If he attacked, it would only allow Na Wu Zhao to add another meritorious service.
"No matter who it is, block him...block that Wu Zhao!"
Li Han bit his lip and stared at the burly Qin general with eyes wide open.
At this moment, a burst of cheers was heard from the Handan military formation on the right.
"That's..."
Li Han squinted his eyes and saw from a distance that one of his own generals was holding a sword and riding his horse towards the Qin general Wu Zhao.
"It's Master Baoyuan!"
Li Han was both surprised and worried.
Under the attention of Li Han and many Handan soldiers, Bao Yuan was seen carrying a sword and fighting all the way from the rear to the front. Along the way, he waved the sword in his hand vigorously and cut off more than a dozen Iron Eagle cavalry from their horses.
The Handan soldiers behind him cheered one after another.
It turned out that the rout of the Handan army made Baoyuan, who was watching the battle in the rear, unable to sit still.
Under the adoring eyes of countless Handan soldiers, Bao Yuan held the horse rein in his left hand and held a long-handled sword in one hand in his right hand. With a smile on his face and a calm expression, he drove the horse under his crotch and ran at a small speed, as if he was strolling in the courtyard.
"Gentlemen, please don't tell the comrades of the Northern Yan Army and the Yanmen Army to look at the jokes of our Handan Army." Bao Yuan said with a smile.
It has to be said that Bao Yuan, as a general in South Korea and one of the "Top Ten Heroes of the North Plains", has an extraordinary charisma. Under his gentle encouragement, the morale of the Handan Army in his vicinity was greatly boosted, and they followed him firmly.
Bao Yuan launched a counterattack against the Iron Eagle Cavalry.
No one knows that Bao Yuan's heart is far from as calm as he appears.
It wasn't because of anything else, but because of the injury to his right leg.
I remember that in the autumn of the previous year, when Wei Gongzi Run led his army to attack South Korea, Bao Yuan led hundreds of cavalry to sneak attack the Wei army's main formation, in an attempt to "capture the thief first, capture the king" against Wei Gongzi Run. Unexpectedly, the Shang Shui army
Lieutenant General Zhai Huang was very cunning and deliberately exposed his flaws to trigger a sneak attack by Bao Yuan. At the last moment, he used the Wei army's biggest weapon - the Liannu chariot.
At that time, Bao Yuan was very unfortunate to be shot through his right leg by a repeating crossbow, and even the leg bone was broken.
Of course, compared to the hundreds of cavalrymen who were directly killed by repeated crossbows at that time, Baoyuan was very lucky to have this "slight injury".
But no matter what, Bao Yuan still relied on crutches to walk for more than half a year. To make matters worse, after the leg injury gradually recovered, he felt that he could not use his right leg.
At first Bao Yuan thought it was because the injury had not healed, but later he gradually understood that his right leg was disabled.
From then on, Bao Yuan gradually delegated power to his deputy Li Han, while he gradually retreated behind the scenes, because he knew that his right leg could no longer support him to continue to gallop on the battlefield as he once did.
But at this moment, when the Handan Army was in dire straits, Bao Yuan felt that he had to stand up, otherwise, the 30,000 Handan Army would be completely defeated by the 5,000 Iron Eagle Cavalry, which would then drag down Le Yi's Beiyan Army and Li
The harmonious Yanmen Army.
"Hold on...Hold on..."
Bao Yuan kept encouraging his right leg in his heart, because because of his action of killing more than a dozen Iron Eagle Cavalry just now, his right leg began to twitch, as if thousands of ants were gnawing at the bone, and the pain was excruciating.
But even so, he still had a calm and calm smile on his face, as if the thousands of Iron Eagle Cavalry in front of him were not worth mentioning in his opinion.
"Huh?"
Baoyuan's seemingly unparalleled momentum aroused the idea of Qin General Wu Zhao.
Unlike Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi's method of defeating the enemy with strategies and strategies, the vast majority of Qin people tended to use force to convince others, which was simple and crude.
The same is true for Wu Zhao. As one of the warriors known as the "Hercules" among the Qin people, when he encountered a fierce general like Bao Yuan who seemed to rival the rest of the world, he was so excited that he immediately came forward with a spear in hand to kill him.
"Bing!"
Under the watchful eyes of countless soldiers from Qin and Han, Qin General Wu Zhao's war spear in his hand and Bao Yuan's sword in his hand collided fiercely. With sparks flying, the two generals passed each other.
"Haha! So happy!"
Turning the horse's head, Qin General Wu Zhao pointed Baoyuan, who had also adjusted his direction, and asked: "I am Wu Zhao, who are you?"
The dialect of the Qin State is somewhat similar to that of the Wei State, and given the occasion, it was not difficult for Bao Yuan to guess the meaning of the other party's words, and said calmly: "I am General Bao Yuan!"
"Fight again?"
"good!"
It seemed that the two of them had formed a conversation, but in fact, they were just talking to each other and could not understand what the other party was saying at all.
It can only be said that as veterans of the battlefield, they still have some things in common. Even if they cannot understand each other's words, they can still understand what the other person wants to express.
"Bing!"
"Bing!"
"Qiang!"
In just a few blinks of an eye, Wu Zhao and Bao Yuan fought for more than ten rounds, and they seemed to be evenly matched.
But Bao Yuan understood in his heart that the opponent became braver as he fought, but as for himself, his strength became weaker and weaker.
He glanced at his right leg with a complicated expression.
If he could still use his right leg, Bao Yuan would have been able to kill this fierce general of the Qin Army just now. After all, in terms of force alone, he was ranked among the top three among the ten tycoons of Beiyuan, although he was not as good as the former Lian.
He refutes the late Ju Xin, but it is not something that ordinary generals can resist.
The enemy general who used to be able to capture and kill with only seven or eight points of strength can now only parry with all his strength. This kind of gap makes Bao Yuan very uncomfortable.
But Bao Yuan could not express this kind of loss at all. Even if his right leg was twitching to the point where it was unbearable, he still had to pretend to be calm and calm, as if he could kill the Qin general Wu Zhao under his horse with the next move.
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Fortunately, the bravery of Qin General Wu Zhao had been witnessed by the Handan soldiers behind Bao Yuan. Therefore, not many Korean soldiers were disappointed by this. Instead, they gradually cheered up under the encouragement of Bao Yuan and the Qin General fighting alone.
morale and launch a counterattack.
"Lord Baoyuan..."
Seeing the fight between Baoyuan and Qin general Wu Zhao from a distance, Li Han showed a bit of worry in his eyes.
As Bao Yuan's confidant, he certainly knows Bao Yuan's current state.
"Lord Baoyuan will be fine, the rest..."
Li Han set his sights on what he considered the "second fierce general" of the Iron Eagle Cavalry, that is, the Qin general named Tian Meng.
It is undeniable that Tian Meng was also a very brave Qin general, but compared to Wu Zhao, he was slightly inferior.
Seeing the Qin general Tian Meng gradually moving towards his position, Li Han took a deep breath and waited for the upcoming fight with the opponent.
Suddenly, Li Han was startled, because he saw an infantry group coming from behind the Iron Eagle Cavalry, led by a general, waving their weapons and facing off against Tian Meng.
"That's... the robber general of the Northern Yan Army?"
Under Li Han's surprised gaze, Han general Qi Jie brandished his long weapon and knocked down more than a dozen iron eagle cavalry. Then he met Qin general Tian Meng from the side. If Tian Meng hadn't been so alert, he might have been killed.
The robbers were attacked by surprise.
"Bei Yan Army? Bei Yan Army has come to support?"
Looking at the infantrymen of the Northern Yan Army who were screaming and charging into the battlefield behind Qi Jie, Li Han was overjoyed and immediately encouraged the soldiers nearby: "The Handan Army obeys the order and cooperates with the Northern Yan Army to attack the enemy cavalry from both front and rear!"
Whenever you hear that reinforcements are coming to support, it always boosts your morale. No, inspired by the reinforcements from the Beiyan Army, the Handan soldiers quickly reorganized their defense lines and launched a counterattack.
It has to be said that the right wing of the Korean army was really in chaos at this time: two iron eagle cavalry attacked the Handan army and tried their best to create chaos; and Li Han led a part of the Handan army to confront the 5,000 Beiyan soldiers led by Qi Jie.
Qin general Tian Meng's two thousand iron eagle cavalry attacked from front and rear.
This made the formations of both the Han army and the Qin army extremely messy, with me among you and you among me, and there was no order at all.
Looking back at the chaotic situation on the right wing from a distance, Li Cang, the general of the Northern Yan Army, frowned deeply.
Li Cang's tribe was just behind the Qijie tribe. Therefore, he clearly saw the scene where Qijie led his men to intercept the Qin general Tian Meng. He also vaguely guessed that the current chaos on his right wing would be very difficult.
It may have been caused by a robbery mistake.
Although the current collapse of the right wing made Li Cang very worried, he did not dare to lead his troops to support because his superior, Beiyan Shou Leyi, ordered him to contain the third wave of offensive from the left wing of the Qin and Wei coalition forces.
"...Will Young Master Wei Run really make his left wing move in full force?"
Li Cang frowned and thought.
At this moment, the third wave of trumpets sounded from the left wing of the Qin and Wei coalition forces on the opposite side. Immediately, the Qin and Wei coalition forces moved in full force, pressing in towards this side with a fierce offensive that continued from heaven to earth.
"The whole army joins the fight!"
Following Li Cang's order, five thousand Northern Yan Army infantrymen held shields and formed a defensive line. Behind them, three thousand Northern Yan Army crossbowmen had their crossbows cocked, ready to attack at any time.
"You actually ordered the left wing to move in full force? What is that Wei Gongzi Run thinking? Are you planning to fight our army here?"
Staring at the approaching Qin army in the distance, Li Cang took a moment to glance at the rear formation of the Qin and Wei coalition forces.
He felt that the transformation of this war was a bit abrupt: it was originally just a test of each other's strength by both sides, but suddenly, it seemed to have turned into a decisive battle.
However, at this moment, Li Cang could no longer think about these problems, because the most urgent task was to only block the oncoming Qin army.
Seeing that the oncoming Qin cavalry was about to attack the crossbow attack range, Li Cang raised his right hand and shouted loudly: "The crossbow soldiers are ready..."
After hearing this, the three thousand Northern Yan Army crossbowmen in the rear array raised their crossbows high, preparing to cross the infantry phalanx in the front array and start shooting at the Qin army.
"Fire the arrow!"
Li Cang shouted sharply.
As soon as he finished speaking, the three thousand Beiyan crossbowmen in the rear immediately pulled the trigger and launched a volley.
At this moment, Li Cang suddenly discovered that the Qin cavalry on the opposite side suddenly changed its direction and turned towards the north, so that the crossbowmen's predicted shots failed.
"What?!"
Li Cang's eyes were about to burst, and there was a hint of shock on his face, and he quickly ordered: "Load the crossbow arrows! Load the crossbow arrows!"
It turned out that a moment ago, when Yangquan Jun Yingba led the Qin army, which was already small on the left, and was preparing to launch a third wave of offensive against the Korean right, he suddenly discovered that there were two more "Northern Yan Army" in the center of the Korean army.
The whole phalanx moved northward, blocking the path that the Qin army must pass through.
"Beiyan guards Leyi...are you going to support the Handan army?"
Yangquan Jun Yingbo knew that his attempt to pursue the victory and further expand his advantage was noticed by the opponent.
It is undeniable that this is a very good opportunity. After all, the right wing of the Korean army is in chaos at this moment. As long as he wins the battle and leads an army to kill, and adds Wu Zhao, Meng Yue, and Tian Meng, then the Korean army will
The Handan army on the right wing will definitely be defeated.
Maybe, if Yangquanjun wins the left wing of the army, he can swallow up the Korean army's right wing in one go.
In this way, the advantages of his Qin and Wei coalition forces will be greatly enhanced.
Unexpectedly, the Han general and Beiyan guard Leyi saw this early and sent reinforcements in advance to block the path that the Qin army must pass through, making him unable to lead his army to attack the Handan army on the right.
"This number...is a phalanx of about five thousand people. Are those behind them crossbowmen? There are about...two or three thousand people, right?"
While galloping on his horse, Yangquan Jun Yingbo estimated the number of enemies in front of him and made secret calculations in his mind.
Since he sent a total of 5,000 Iron Eagle Cavalry twice in a row, the number of Iron Eagle Cavalry under his command at this time was less than 1,000, and the rest were more long-range soldiers.
In the army of the Qin State, the status of the Changge soldiers was between the Gedun soldiers and the Tattooed soldiers. Although they also belonged to the regular army, to put it harshly, they were simply cannon fodder when charging into battle - in the "Wei Qin Sanchuan"
In the "Battle", apart from the tattooed troops, the ones who died the most were the long-armed soldiers.
Can less than a thousand Iron Eagle Cavalry, plus seven or eight thousand long-range soldiers, really be able to defeat the combination of the Korean Beiyan Army's 5,000 infantry phalanx and 3,000 crossbow phalanx?
You must know that the Iron Eagle Cavalry is not Wei's wandering heavy cavalry after all. If it is covered and fired by three thousand Korean crossbowmen, half of the troops may be lost before they get close to the Korean infantry square. By then, with the help of
What threat could a few hundred cavalry pose to the Korean army coming to intercept them?
Thinking of this, Yangquan Jun Yingbo immediately changed his original tactics and galloped to the front of the team, raising his left hand while galloping.
This action seemed to be a gesture of preparation to order a fierce attack, but in fact, it was a signal to remind the cavalry behind him to "turn to the left at any time."
However, Han general Li Cang did not know what was going on. He thought the time was right and ordered his crossbowmen to fire. However, the success fell short because Yangquan Jun Yingbo led a thousand iron eagle cavalry to the north in advance.
Of course, although a salvo failed, in the final analysis it was just a waste of some crossbow bolts. However, the sense of loss of a missed salvo had a great impact on the crossbowmen of the Beiyan Army.
Therefore, Li Cang, the general of the Northern Yan Army, ordered the crossbowmen to load the crossbow arrows while stabilizing their morale.
Not to mention, Yangquan Jun's victory caused his thousand iron eagle cavalry to suddenly turn north, as if to leave the battlefield, which really surprised Li Cang.
Although Li Cang was a little worried that the nearly thousand Qin cavalry would ignore their blockade and go around to attack the Handan army on the right.
Of course, if the nearly thousand Qin cavalry dared to do this, Li Cang was confident that he could wipe out the thousands of Qin infantry who were coming towards him.
In this way, the threat from the left wing of the Qin and Wei coalition forces was eliminated. In the future, he only had to return to support the Handan Army to completely collapse the offensive of the Qin and Wei coalition forces on the left wing.
To be honest, Li Cang took a cursory glance at the oncoming infantrymen armed with long swords and wearing armor, and then made an evaluation of them as "little threat".
You know, the Northern Yan Army has never encountered an enemy infantry that can compete with them!
If it were the heavy infantry of the Shang Shui Army under the command of Wei Gongzi Run, which was armed to the teeth, it would be worthy of the Northern Yan Army to be more vigilant, but the Changge soldiers of Qin, who had almost no target defense, were really difficult to defeat.
Li Cang was on alert.
In his opinion, with just two volleys, out of the seven or eight thousand soldiers of the Qin State, there might not be many left.
Therefore, what Li Cang is most worried about is the nearly a thousand Iron Eagle Cavalry led by Yangquan Jun Yingbo himself - the whereabouts of this cavalry will determine his different response tactics.
But what stunned Li Cang was that the nearly a thousand cavalry under Yangquan Jun Yingbo's command did not attack the Handan army in a roundabout way after leaving the battlefield, but stopped in the distance, as if waiting for something.
"This...is not good!"
After looking at the thousands of soldiers of Qin State who were getting closer and closer to them, and at the nearly a thousand cavalry who were watching eagerly in the distance, Li Cang immediately guessed Yangquan Jun's plan to win the battle.
The opponent wanted to make it difficult for him to consider both sides: whether to use crossbow arrows to deal with the cavalry, or to deal with the oncoming long-range soldiers.
Sure enough, the 8,000 long-range soldiers waiting were about to charge to a distance of about a stone's throw from the infantry phalanx of Han general Li Cang. On the side of Li Cang's 5,000 infantry phalanx, Yangquan Jun Yingbo also led nearly a thousand cavalry.
, launched another charge.
How to choose the target of volley?
Is it aimed at the nearly a thousand cavalry or the thousands of long-armed soldiers?
Even Li Cang, who had experienced hundreds of battles, couldn't help but feel a little panicked at this moment, with cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.
After much thought, he made a moderate choice: send half of the crossbowmen on each side to suppress the nearly a thousand Qin cavalry on the flanks and the thousands of infantry on the front.
However, after the order was issued, Li Cang wanted to give himself a slap in the face.
Because the mediocre choice is also the stupidest choice!
Only 1,500 crossbowmen could not suppress nearly a thousand Qin cavalry, nor could they suppress thousands of Qin's long-range soldiers.
At this time, he should concentrate his crossbowmen to hit one side as much as possible instead of spreading the power of the volley.
However, at this time, even if he regretted it, it was too late. Amidst the roar of the Qin people, 8,000 Qin soldiers rushed towards Li Cang's 5,000 infantry square without fear of death. At the same time, Yangquan Jun won the battle.
Wei General Wu Ji also led nearly a thousand iron eagle cavalry and charged in from the side.
Watching the situation of Li Cang's troops from a distance, General "Ji Kuo" frowned at the scene in several infantry phalanxes to the south of the Northern Yan Army.
Beside him, his deputy general sighed and said: "General Li Cang made a wrong judgment... However, the commander of the Wei army's left wing is not simple either! General, do you want to find out about the commander of the Wei army's left wing?"
Ji Kuo shook his head when he heard this and said in a deep voice: "We don't have time to do these things... 'They' moved!"
After hearing this, the deputy general turned his head and looked at the middle of the Qin and Wei coalition forces, and saw groups of Wei troops advancing forward in neat steps.
That is the Shang Shui Army of Wei State!
This elite group directly under Wei Gongzi Run, one of the absolute core of the Qin and Wei coalition forces, finally took action!