The war at Xiaohedao Mountain Pass and Fengyang City is still going on.
Ever since more than 50,000 troops of the Far East Army rushed to the Wagang Army territory in the Central Plains to start the war, especially since Wang Junlin personally visited the front line, several important officials in the Far East Army Group have been under great pressure.
In particular, Du Ruhui, who stayed behind in Fanyang County, was in charge of the political affairs of the ten counties under his command. He was always worried that something would happen in the rear at this time, which would affect the frontline war.
Therefore, he has to take care of everything day by day, taking care of every detail, walking on thin ice, and at the same time, the pressure on him can be said to be as heavy as a mountain.
In addition to Du Ruhui, who shoulders and performs the duties of prime minister, there are two people who are busiest and under the greatest pressure - Liu Ziming and Wei Zheng.
Liu Ziming was responsible for the army's raising of food, weapons and equipment, and the transportation of ordnance.
Wei Zheng was responsible for how to avoid the Xiaowagang Army's large and small external camp bandits after the weapons and equipment entered the Central Plains, and send them to Xiaohedao Pass and Fengyang City.
Of course, they are not the only ones who are busy. It can be said that all departments and offices of the Far East Army are operating at full capacity these days.
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Shuitou Town was the only place where Xu Shiji's army was located on the official road leading to Fengyang City. It was just here that it became a garrison of the Wagang Army.
Half an hour ago, while Xu Shiji commanded the army to continue to attack the two Far Eastern Army strongholds with all his strength, he calmly ordered his confidant Du Yi to lead 3,000 reserve troops who had not yet gone to the battlefield and marched in a hurry to seize Shuitou Town.
If Xu Shiji still didn't understand what Wang Junlin wanted to do when Wang Junlin came here in person after Wang Junlin used the alienation strategy and Wang Junlin came to the Xiaohe Mountain crossing in person, then he would not be Li Ji, the second person in the Tang army in history.
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At the same time, he also did the most correct thing for a commander at this time - to remain calm and do everything calmly. Otherwise, the morale of the army will be chaotic and the consequences will be disastrous.
Du Yi led 3,000 people to guard near Shuitou Town, naturally to ensure that the passage here was smooth and to prevent the Far Eastern Army from taking a detour to intercept here.
Du Yi still remembered that when Xu Shiji summoned his senior generals to announce their withdrawal, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Attacking such a military stronghold was beyond the capabilities of the Wagang Army, not to mention the thought of the Poison King Junlin coming to them.
Many people in the military stronghold that was about to be attacked were terrified in their hearts.
In fact, from the beginning to the present, the Wagang Army has not attacked the two military villages. At present, it has only filled in a trench and occupied the earth wall.
In this trench and that earthen wall alone, they had lost more than 10,000 people, and more than 2,000 people were injured. Very few of these wounded soldiers could make it back to Fengyang City.
In short, in Xu Shiji's view, this time he and Li's plan to plot Wang Junlin and the Far East Army was a complete failure. Not only did they lose the two extremely important strategic locations of Huangshizhai and Fengyang City, but they also suffered serious losses of troops and generals, including Wagang.
This is the first time since the military raised the flag of rebellion.
"General, a spy from the Far Eastern Army has been spotted ten miles northwest." One of the spies dismounted, knelt on one knee in front of Du Yi, and reported loudly.
Du Yi sighed, his face becoming more gloomy and solemn - if the strength of the troops weakened to a certain extent on the battlefield, it would be easy for the opponent to detect him.
Du Yi estimated that General Manager Xu's plan to quietly let the army evacuate the earth wall they captured would not go smoothly.
If the earthen wall was abandoned directly, Wang Junlin and Li Jing would immediately judge Xu Shiji's intentions. The Baoxiong Battalion was all cavalry, and most of their Wagang Army were infantry.
Anyone who knows a little bit about the military knows that when the infantry retreats and the cavalry follows, it is easy to reveal flaws, let alone the retreat of the defeated army. If it is as Xu Shiji and Du Yi guessed, and another large army of the Far Eastern Army has already detoured to block them, then they
It is very possible that there is no return.
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"What, we broke through the left-wing earth wall guarded by the Wagang Army?" Wang Junlin raised his head in surprise, and saw Li Jing and Shen Guo'er both nodding with certainty.
Wang Junlin immediately stood up, looked at the half of the earth wall in the distance, and asked: "Are there any follow-up troops that can be invested?"
"I would like to inform you, Your Majesty, that there are currently only 500 people in reserve. I have seen that the earthen wall occupied by the Wagang Army has shown signs of fatigue. Originally, we were only preparing for a small-scale attack. We did not even use gunpowder packs. The reserve is also insufficiently prepared.
I never expected that the left wing position of the Wagang Army would be broken through so easily. This was the fault of Beizhi. The centurion leader who led the team did not expect that they were still very hesitant when they attacked the earth wall. What Beizhi saw on the tower was that they had crossed over.
The earthen wall passage remained for half a quarter of an hour, and then the surrounding Wagang troops came for reinforcements and then withdrew," Li Jing said.
Wang Junlin nodded, thought for a while, his eyes flashed, and said in a deep voice: "Mobilize two thousand troops to attack the Wagang Army's left defense line. Shen Guoer pays attention to observation. If the Wagang Army mobilizes reinforcements from the rear, then
Just withdraw, and if the Wagang Army mobilizes reinforcements from other positions on the earth wall, then mobilize another 2,000 people to attack the Wagang Army's middle line of defense."
"Your Majesty, do you mean that Xu Shiji is reducing the military strength on the front line?" Li Jing's eyes lit up and he asked urgently.
Wang Junlin sneered and said: "Soldiers are not afraid of deceit. Xu Shiji's fighting ability is still very good. There are tunnels behind the earthen wall. Today, the Wagang Army's various departments often change defenses, coming and going erratically. Only by increasing the intensity of the attack can the feedback information be accurate."
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"In addition, Dongshan invested some troops on the west slope to contain the left wing of the Wagang Army."
"Shen Guoer sent elite spies to take the risk and go around to the rear and side of the Wagang Army camp.
Observe the troop mobilization of the Wagang Army camp."
"The east slopes of Dongshan and Xishan ensure that the roads at the foot of the mountain are clear, and the cavalry is always ready to assemble in Dongshan and Xishan. The defense lines in the middle must keep in contact at all times. The earth wall defense line is seven or eight miles away from the Wagang Army Camp. It is not that easy for them to retreat quietly.
." Wang Junlin's eyes were like lightning, he looked at the Wagang Army camp from a distance and said solemnly.
"Bizhang will make arrangements immediately. In addition, Bizhang believes that the Military Intelligence Agency should send additional spies to the Shuitou Town area to investigate." Li Jing said.
Wang Junlin nodded, agreeing with Li Jing's idea, and asked Shen Guoer to make arrangements together. He looked at the Wagang Army camp from a distance for a while, and suddenly said: "Bite them, Xu Shiji has shown his intention to retreat, retreat
Our army is weak. Once we start the pursuit, we will pursue Fengyang City, completely making the Wagang Army feel fearful in the hands of our Far East Army, and making everyone in the Wagang Army feel fearful."
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After noon, the Baoxiong Battalion launched intermittent counterattacks across the entire front. The horns of the Wagang Army camp sounded, and only 10,000 cavalry rushed to the battlefield.
Xu Shiji's banner also came to the foot of Beishan. His heart was full of worries, but he still had expectations that he had never told anyone.
Today's situation shows that the Baoxiong Battalion has discovered changes in the number of troops in the earth wall through continuous testing. The Far Eastern Army in Dongshan can easily observe the number of troops sent by the camp to determine the number of people in the earth wall, so he can only give up the practice of quietly evacuating.
Instead, cavalry was used to support the retreat of the earth-walled troops.
Although they are all retreating, if this method is used, the earth wall defense troops will definitely suffer a lot of losses if they want to break away from the Far East Army's attack. The effect is not comparable to the step-by-step secret evacuation he planned.
"General Manager, if the Supervisory Army had not sent a thousand men to retreat in advance, how could the left wing have been breached by the Storm Bear Battalion? The Supervisory Army ignored the strategy that the General Manager had mentioned before. That bastard Wu Sanhu completely ignored the safety of the entire division and did not take action without the General Manager.
With the permission of the general manager, he privately sent troops to the supervisory army. After the general manager returned, he killed these two bastards, and he thought that Master Mi and Zhai would not say anything."
One of Xu Shiji's confidant generals was indignant on the sidelines. Retreating in front of the enemy was easily detected and was pursued by the enemy. The morale of the soldiers in the army was very poor. Every time they retreated, they needed to be closely guarded by the supervising team. Such a long front line
Safety cannot be guaranteed at all and can only be gradually reduced when changing defenses. Xu Shiji asked all armies to retreat step by step, with the elite placed as final cover.
Unexpectedly, Jia Fuyun, the supervisor who had previously forced Xu Shiji to continue the attack, heard him say that Wang Junlin might send a large army to surround him from behind, and secretly ran away with a thousand people after the discussion.
As a result, the lack of these 1,000 people allowed the Bao Xiong Battalion to break through the earthen wall that Wu Sanhu was responsible for with a single weak attack. Although they later struggled to drive them out, the subsequent actions of the Bao Xiong Battalion significantly strengthened their probing and firmly restrained the soil wall.
Wagang military force on the wall.
Xu Shiji nodded lightly, Wu Sanhu and Jia Fuyun must be killed, but now that the matter is over, the top priority is how to bring the nearly 30,000-strong army back to Fengyang City.
Before Xu Shiji could think of a safe way to evacuate, the Storm Bear Battalion turned from defense to offense amidst the rumbling explosions of gunpowder packets, and selected a key target on the left, center, and right.
Xu Shiji did not dare to delay any longer and quickly ordered the dispatch of cavalry to respond. The troops left behind at the earthen wall began to retreat one by one.
The retreat in front of the enemy that Xu Shiji least wanted finally began.
The infantry archers on the far right evacuated first and formed a formation two hundred steps behind the earthen wall to support the retreat of the troops in the middle.
Then came the left wing men and horses. The opposing Bao Xiong Battalion sent out cavalry to continuously bite the Wagang soldiers and horses who were behind them.
But what surprised Wang Junlin and Li Jing was that Xu Shiji showed extremely good command of troops, and the Wagang army did not collapse under such circumstances.
Li Jing said confidently: "Most of Xu Shiji's subordinates are infantry and cannot move very fast. Our cavalry can come and go freely, and this place is still more than a hundred miles away from Fengyang City. We are not afraid of them escaping."
Wang Junlin shook his head and said: "Don't underestimate the enemy. We had a defensive advantage before. Now in the field, although the fighting strength of the Storm Bear Battalion is rare in the world, the enemy has more troops than us, so we should be more cautious."
As soon as Wang Junlin finished speaking, his expression suddenly became condensed, because he saw that when the Wagang army began to pursue them with all their strength, they no longer retreated, but formed their troops on the spot.
Wang Junlin was startled for a moment, then sighed softly, and said with some appreciation and approval: "Xu Shiji is really not to be underestimated. His decisiveness alone shows that he is worthy of being a famous general of the generation."
Li Jing also said with some regret: "Your Majesty! I originally wanted to wait until they completely started to retreat, and after the formation was stretched out, I would use my entire army to fight back and kill him until he was completely defeated. Now Xu Shiji actually managed to keep the morale of the army from being chaotic. If he calmly
If we retreat, I'm afraid it will be difficult to succeed. After all, as the prince said just now, we were focused on defense before and had the geographical advantage. Now if the opponent's entire army retreats, whether they want to pursue or block it, it will be a real battle, and
We only have 10,000 troops, plus Xu Shiji’s military skills and the fact that these more than 30,000 people are the elite of the Wagang inner camp, we really cannot underestimate the enemy."
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"Woo... Wu Wu..." The horn sounded long, and along with the powerful and long sound of the horn, countless small black dots at the mouth of the small river came from several specially left trail crossings, gradually gathered into a line, and then
It was like an angry tide, surging viciously and overwhelming.
Xu Shi
Ji reined up his horse and watched the Far Eastern Army chase him out as he expected, with a solemn and joyful look on his face. Wang Junlin and Li Jing thought about destroying them when he retreated, but why didn't he want to lure the Far Eastern Army out of that damned place?
In military strongholds and trenches, defeat the opponent in field battles and take revenge.
At this time, he pointed his sword and shouted: "Deploy stabbing formations on the left and right, and set up the Yanyue formation in this formation to meet the enemy!"
As soon as Xu Shiji gave the order, the flag and drum orders were immediately passed down, and the army of more than 30,000 people immediately took action. The Wagang inner camp was a well-trained and experienced elite soldier, and there were no burdens such as grain trucks and baggage to take care of, so the formation speed was very fast.
Really fast, nearly ten thousand cavalrymen from the Storm Bear Battalion had not yet rushed forward. Several layers of spears and shields had been laid out. The crossbowmen behind them were already in position, arrows pointing diagonally into the sky, waiting for the general's orders.
Xu Shiji held the sword in his hand and personally led his soldiers to guard the formation at the back of the team. At this time, he stared coldly at the cavalry of the Storm Bear Battalion rushing towards them from the distance.
People and horses are like a tide, the sound of hooves is like thunder, and murderous intent is burning in the brow.
As long as he was not attacking those damn trenches and military strongholds, he was not afraid at all. Instead, he was filled with rage and murderous intent.
Under his personal command, the more than 30,000-strong army remained silent, but quickly and intensively arranged their formation in accordance with the general's instructions.
Ahead, a camp of nearly ten thousand violent bears roared towards them. They could clearly see the crescent-shaped formation in front of them with countless crossbows and crossbows pointing slantingly, and the weapons and halberds were fierce, but they were not afraid. In fact, they could not stand still under such a charging formation.
, whoever wants to stop will first be hit by his own people and trampled into mud by his own horse. Moving forward, the only way to move forward is to survive in death!
Getting closer, getting closer, the vanguard team of more than a thousand people from the Baoxiong Battalion gradually formed a wedge-shaped arrow formation, heading straight towards the center of the Yanyue formation where Xu Shiji was.
Xu Shiji sneered, three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred steps. Seeing that the enemy was about to enter the effective killing range of the crossbow on horseback, Xu Shiji gave the order: "Fire the arrow!"
The sound of "buzz" was enough to make some people who experienced the battle formation for the first time feel paralyzed with fear. It was originally a sharp sound of whistling wind, but because thousands of arrows soared into the sky together, it formed a sound that made the air tremble.
There was a buzzing sound, like a dark cloud, and the sharp arrows were shot into the air. The speed of the arrows plus the speed of the horses allowed both sides to severely damage the enemy cavalry within the most effective shooting distance of the arrows.
However, almost at the same time as Xu Shiji gave the order, with the sound of drums under Li Jingshuai's banner in the distance, the Thunderous Bear Battalion suddenly raised their reins and turned around.
, they almost brushed the tip of the moon on one side and rushed towards the left wing in an arc.
How could Li Jing not understand the characteristics of the Yanyue Formation? Under his command, he had the cavalry of the Baoxiong Battalion who were originally from the Turkic Wolf Cavalry. How could he not give full play to the superiority of the cavalry and instead go head-to-head with the enemy?
However, Xu Shiji had obviously already expected that they might use the tactic of using their horses to attack the east and west at a high speed. The northwest frontier army had a thorn formation on the left and right wings. The dense formation could be attacked and defended. The torrent of cavalry rushed towards the left wing, and they were greeted by an equally dense attack.
With arrows and spears and halberds, the cavalry of the Storm Bear Battalion galloped all the way. Everyone raised their round shields to protect their vital points. Although the first wave of arrows shot down many men and horses, they came from the enemy's rear formation and brushed against their tails.
, not charging head-on, so they were very close to the Wagang Army. Under normal circumstances, the Wagang Army could shoot at least three waves of arrows before a close encounter. At this time, it was reduced to one wave, which reduced the casualties of the Storm Bear Battalion cavalry.
to the lowest.
The thousand cavalrymen of the Storm Bear Battalion in front were simply a pretense to trigger enemy arrows. After they rushed over, the cavalrymen behind them turned their horses slightly, and then they had a hand-to-hand handover with the Wagang Army. They still rushed forward without stopping.
The swords and guns in his hands cut the throats and chests of many Wagang Army soldiers with just a single movement of the galloping horse.
Not to be outdone, the officers and soldiers of the Wagang Army stabbed out their spears and halberds alternately, stabbing people at the top and horses at the bottom. Occasionally, the cavalrymen of the Storm Bear Camp were shot and fell from their horses, and they all became victims of their swords.
It is impossible to fight without killing people, even the violent bear camp that is armed to the teeth cannot be immune.
However, this passing style of play avoided a head-on collision, but minimized the casualties of the Storm Bear Battalion. After thousands of Cavalrymen of the Storm Bear Battalion galloped past, with the strong momentum, Xu Shiji's dense formation had been
In the chaos, the cavalry of the Storm Bear Battalion behind them began to rush directly into the Wagang army, wielding steel knives and beheading them from above.
Xu Shiji issued several orders, and the flag of the Wagang Army changed again. The army immediately changed from several formations to sparse formations. The dense team immediately withdrew to the open space in the middle. The entire dense formation was dispersed into small formations of about ten people. Shields
Hands, daggers, and spearmen cooperated with each other to annihilate the Cavalry of the Storm Bear Battalion. In this formation, the Cavalry of the Storm Bear Battalion that had broken into the enemy's army had lost their speed advantage, and would instead become a target for slaughter by the infantry.
As long as it is used properly, there is no invincible unit. Any unit can give full play to its own advantages and severely damage powerful enemies.
However, the combat power of the Baoxiong Camp cavalry is rare in the world, not to mention the command of a military god like Li Jing. With an order, three long and three short horns sounded, and the Baoxiong Camp cavalry who had just fallen into the Wagang Army's battle formation but had not yet penetrated deep suddenly suddenly
The horses retreated and merged into the dense torrent. The cavalry of the Storm Bear Battalion, which was constantly coming, continued to ride fast against the Wagang Army's formation. Using the maneuvering tactics, they began to use their big axes and long knives like peeling skin and bones, layer by layer.
The outer layer of skin and flesh was peeled off the Wagang army.
Although Xu Shiji faced this tactic for the first time, he reacted quickly. When he gave the order, the flags of the soldiers nearby waved and the drums beat like thunder. The Wagang Army immediately changed its formation and gathered into a dense formation again.
Weapons stabbed people, short weapons cut off horses' legs, both sides lost limbs and arms, and blood flowed into the sky.