The Han army's military camp was long and narrow because it was located next to a small water bank.
It is about sixty paces wide and nearly three hundred paces long; there are only exits at the front and rear, and no side doors.
In the military camp, the military tents where soldiers sleep at night are set up side by side on the left and right, with a passage of about thirty steps left in the middle for the passage of carriages, horses and soldiers.
There are many disadvantages to setting up camp this way.
For example, when being attacked, the passage is too narrow for soldiers to provide immediate support, and going around from the back door is too time-consuming. Also, if water accidentally leaks, the crowded military tent will allow the fire to spread wantonly. There is no way to save him.
As soon as Wang Mi rushed into the camp and saw the Han army's arrangement, he couldn't help but secretly said: "This is God helping me!"
The night attack was a surprise.
With an unexpected and sudden attack, the enemy generals have no time to organize defenses, breaking through the enemy's formation in one fell swoop; then making loud noises and setting fires, etc., to create panic among the enemy soldiers, causing them to flee in panic, and it evolves into something like a "camp" "Howl" effect. As long as this effect is achieved, the attack will be more effective with half the effort.
In panic, the enemy will trample themselves and kill more people than they are killed, and the collapse of morale will cause many people to surrender.
Of course, a night attack is also risky.
Most of the sergeants in the army are from humble backgrounds, and there are many people suffering from sparrow eyes.
In order to conceal their whereabouts, night raids cannot use torches. In the dark night, it is not an easy task to just lead the soldiers to the enemy's camp.
Fortunately, this place is Liangzhou.
Most Li people make a living through a combination of agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing and hunting; not many people suffer from bird eye disease.
Moreover, the Wei soldiers stationed in Liangzhou had a hard time transporting grain and fodder to the Luoyang Temple, so they set out acres of land and pastures for the soldiers to support themselves. The soldiers still ate a lot of lowly food such as sheep's water, and they could eat it at night. There are also many people who see things.
This is what Cao Jun relied on to dare to attack at night.
The five thousand soldiers brought by the king's secretary are all free from bird's eye syndrome!
This is a very scary number.
Didn’t you see that in the past, Gan Ning of Eastern Wu robbed the camp with hundreds of cavalry? With Cao Cao’s skill in military knowledge, the soldiers of the army were still frightened and clamoring, so much so that they retreated to the camp to avoid it?
Today, the Wei army's five thousand soldiers came to attack at night. Can the Han military area with seven or eight thousand infantry and cavalry still be able to defend?
Secretary Wang thinks it can’t be done.
Not only had he rushed into the Han army's camp, but also because there were 6,000 cavalry led by Xia Houru himself five miles behind.
It was a plan to steal the camp and prepare for his return.
Naturally, when the stolen camp goes smoothly, it will become the follow-up army that "completely succeeds" in this battle.
"Act as planned!"
The king's secretary looked back and gave instructions to the two uncles beside him, then he held up his sharp blade and strode forward, "Soldiers, follow me to raze Nishu!"
"kill!"
Cao's army roared in unison, and everyone moved forward bravely.
Only the two uncles who had been warned led their troops from the left and right, lit torches and set fire to the military tents where the Han soldiers lived.
At this moment, the Han army had just received a warning from the sound of gold and stone.
I saw many soldiers who were suddenly awakened, with disheveled armor and without swords and spears, coming out of the military tent. When they saw that the Wei army had already poured into the military camp, they rushed towards the rear with panic and roars.
No one planned to form a formation to resist.
Before leaving, in order to block the pursuit of the Wei army, they overturned the lighting braziers along the road and burned the military tents.
It also caused complete chaos in the camp.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, the fire became a prairie fire, and the flames tore through the dark night sky.
The shouts of the Wei army to kill, the hoarse shouts of the Han army generals, the panic of the soldiers running for their lives, and the frightened neighing of the packhorses and other draft animals from behind resounded throughout half the sky.
In such a scene, the Wei army only needed to continue driving away the frightened Han soldiers to seal the victory.
Wang Mi, who was leading his soldiers forward bravely, understood in his heart and couldn't help but laugh heartily.
The joy of a successful attack made him forget to notice that this night attack went too smoothly.
However, when he took more than forty steps forward, he was blocked.
In front of him, there were about five hundred well-armored Han troops, waiting in full formation.
What is listed is a circular array.
It is a circular battle formation used in field defense warfare and is one of the "Ten Formations" in ancient times.
The shield soldier was in front, squatting on the ground, holding the shield with his shoulder. The spear soldier was behind, placing his spear on the shield, half of the spear body protruding, showing off the cold light of the spear tip.
Looking up close, the spears are as dense as a forest, like a frightened hedgehog with its thorns standing upright.
Going far away is like a small island in the ocean, ready to be beaten by rough waves.
In the center was a man as strong as a mandrill, with bird feathers on his head, animal teeth on his neck, and a long-handled iron caltrop in his hand. When he saw that he was leading the army, he raised his long-handled iron caltrop in the air and yelled, "Fight!"
It also caused all his subordinates to roar.
"war!"
"war!"
When Wang Mi saw it, he couldn't help but smile even more happily.
The small formation formed by the Han army was defensive, but there were no bunkers such as Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots. There were only 500 people. He led the army to charge forward and fought hand to hand without much difficulty.
Moreover, as Xia Houru's confidant general, he was also informed of various things about the Lieutenant General of the Rebel Army.
As for the strong man in the middle, he knew that he was the governor of the tribe of General Shu Pingbei, a man begging for teeth and a house.
Just imagine, if even the commander-in-chief of an army goes into battle, wouldn't it be that Ni Shu is at the end of its rope?
I just don’t know if Zheng Pu, the northern general of Shu Ping, is also behind this small circular formation. If he can be captured or killed, the Luoyang Temple will at least grant me the title of Pavilion Marquis!
Become an important general!
Ha~~~
The burning passion in his heart for his achievements made Wang Mi unwilling to delay for even a moment.
"Kill the enemy!"
The long sword roared forward, causing the soldiers under his command to shout loudly and rush forward suddenly.
"kill!"
When we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win.
Under the approaching fire from the military camps on both sides, the area where the two armies were fighting hand-to-hand was no more than twenty steps wide.
This greatly benefited the Han army.
"Hold up the shield!"
"prick!"
Various long sounds sounded in different places, repeating themselves.
The circle formation is a defensive formation. The advantage is that as long as the shield soldiers resist the opponent's impact and maintain the formation from being broken, the spear soldiers behind them only need to repeat the two actions of thrusting and retracting their spears to continuously kill the enemy.
Simple and practical.
As soon as the two sides came into contact, more than a dozen Wei soldiers fell to the ground groaning.
On the Han army's side, there were just a few soldiers with their shoulders pressed against their shields, grinning from the huge impact.
However, without powerful enemy-killing weapons such as crossbows, hand-to-hand combat will eventually be broken through.
Secretary Wang has also been on the battlefield for a long time, so he can easily think of ways to break the formation.
He gathered four or five spearmen together, and all of a sudden they exerted all their strength. Five spear points struck a shield at the same time, knocking the soldiers behind the shield to the ground.
One hit worked, and countless imitations immediately followed.
Inevitably, countless openings were opened in the circular formation, leading to hand-to-hand combat.
Even the king's secretary and his personal guards stepped forward to fight.
He was worried that being delayed here by these Han troops for too long would allow the Han troops to gather panicked soldiers in the military camp behind them.
In this way, the effect of night raids will be greatly reduced.
"Anyone who stands in my way will die!"
He roared like thunder, regardless of whether he was stabbed by the spear tip, like a mad tiger, he fought hard to charge into the Han army's formation.
The general takes the lead and can always make the soldiers fight to the death.
However, he could not make any progress.
Among an army, the most fierce and unafraid of death are the general and his bodyguards.
Their property, life and interests are tied to the Lord and General, and there is no reason to fear death.
After one of them was killed, another one quickly climbed up and dragged the Wei army in place.
In an instant, the broken limbs, intestines and liver, as well as blood and brains, amidst the soldiers' shouts of killing, quickly turned into the devastation of the place. Every human life was turned into dust between heaven and earth.
It's just that the number of Han troops was still too small after all.
As time goes by, there are fewer and fewer people following Qi Yacuo, and they are no longer able to protect him.
For example, he was slashed on the shoulder.
If it weren't for the armor protecting it, the wound would probably be deep enough to show the bone.
It also made him burst out with ferocity.
"Ouch~~~"
With a sharp roar, he raised the long-handled iron caltrops and rushed out of the formation to smash them randomly.
If it falls on the spear of Cao Jun's soldier, a string of sparks will pop out, making the spear-holder lose his hand in despair; if it falls on Cao Jun's shield, the shield will be broken into pieces, and the man holding the shield will fall down with blood spurting out and wailing. land.
Duan is extremely brave.
Only when manpower is limited.
A quarter of an hour passed. Amidst the loud shouts of killing, Qi Yacuo was exhausted and could no longer break the wooden shield studded with iron rivets.
However, the Wei soldiers who came shouting for death were still as continuous as the tide.
"clang!"
"Dang! Dang!"
At this moment, the sound of gold came from behind the already crumbling Han army formation.
There is also an order, "Begging for teeth, retreat!"
The man's command was so loud that even the king's secretary heard it.
The only person who can give orders to the military governor is Shuping North General Zheng Pu himself!
Therefore, the secret king was also overjoyed. When he encouraged his soldiers to pursue him in a hurry, he did not forget to turn his head and urge a guard beside him, "Quickly fire the dysprosium! Quickly fire the dysprosium to inform General Xiahou!"
"promise!"
The bodyguard quickly took off the long bow he was carrying, took out the hammer, put it on, and fired hard into the air.
The sharp and shrill cry resounded throughout the world.
Xia Houru, who had led the army three miles away, breathed a deep sigh of relief.
His heart hanging in his throat finally let go.
Although he had seen the entire military camp in flames very early, he also heard thunderous shouts of killing.
But the king's secretary did not send a message asking him to attack, so he was still worried.
After all, judging from Zheng Pu's previous record, it was a bit unreasonable that the military camp was burned down so quickly.
And with this night attack, he put all his hopes on it.
If he wins, he will naturally pursue to Longyou and force Wei Yan's troops in Anding County to come back to defend, thus resolving the deadlock in Guanzhong. This will allow the Great Sima Cao Zhen to turn his back on the enemy and send troops to threaten Xiaoguan or Longguan Road, and then let Li Yan, who is against Shu, The others had no choice but to stop their troops and go back.
The war in Xiping County was easily resolved.
But if he was defeated, he would have to abandon the Li Shu people here and return to Sangyuan Gorge in Yuzhong County to hold on; he would also need to ask Guo Huai in Xiping County to send some reinforcements.
Because his soldiers are now suffering from consecutive defeats and their morale is worrying.
Not only did they not have the confidence to hold on to Sangyuan Gorge, there was also the possibility of surrendering to the enemy.
It's not surprising that this kind of thing has disturbed Liangzhou for countless years.
And he himself will face criticism from the Luoyang Temple, and even the Great Sima Cao Zhen will not be able to deal with it.
No matter what, he was once Cao Zhang's Sima.
Perhaps, the Luoyang Temple would accuse him of cowardly fighting first and then humiliating the country by losing the army, and he would be transferred back to the court to serve as a sinecure, and he would never have the chance to gain military power in this life.
Therefore, he was relieved when the chime of the Dyer resounded through the night sky.
He finally stopped hesitating and drove his horse forward, leading the army towards the Han army's camp.
But what he didn't expect was that at this moment, Secretary Wang regretted sending the message.
Because the Han army is also waiting for this moment!
The long and narrow military camp was set up, the night vigil was lax, the soldiers in the front row of military tents escaped and overthrew the brazier and burned the military tents, Huayou asked the beggar to lead the personal guards to stop the enemy, etc., etc., all were just to confuse the king's secrets.
This was just to make all the Wei troops think that the night attack was successful, so they all came in!
Therefore, when the sound of "dysprosium" resounded through the night sky, all the units of the Han army also moved.
Zhang Yi and Zhou Taibu, who had already led the army to lie dormant eight miles away from the camp, also led their soldiers back. They were waiting for Xia Houru to lead the army into the camp, and attacked from the left and right to cut off the Wei army!
Mi Wei's troops were stationed at the back entrance of the military camp, not only to protect the food and baggage, but also to prevent the Wei army from using cavalry to attack from behind.
Zhang Bao's two hundred armored cavalry were on the other side of Xiaoshuibo.
He will cooperate with Zhang Yi and Zhou Taibu.
When Zhang Yi and his two men ambushed Xia Houru and blocked Wang Mi's attempt to retreat from the camp, he suddenly rushed out and with the invincible thunderous momentum of the armored cavalry, the battle was settled!
Turn this battle into a chase!
As for transferring them all out of the military camp, would it be self-defeating and allow the five thousand soldiers under the supervision of the king's secretary to kill the entire military camp before ambushing them?
Liu Lin will take on this important task.
He is the commander of five hundred heavy infantry.
Yes, five hundred steps is enough!
These heavy infantrymen were carefully selected by Zheng Pu from the entire army. Each of them is over seven feet eight inches tall!
Initially, a total of more than a thousand people were selected, and then the remaining 500 people were gradually eliminated through the standard training of "Wei Wushu" trained by Wu Qi in the past.
Everyone is brave and not afraid of death, because Zheng Pu personally created the title "Dare to Die".
Moreover, their armor was heavier and tighter than other heavy infantry of the Han Dynasty. A pair of armors weighed more than seventy kilograms (Han Dynasty). When hit by a normal badou bow or stone crossbow, it was impossible to break through the defense.
Even spears and ring-headed knives can't penetrate it in one fell swoop.
This is because in the past, Zheng Pu collected the armors that had been killed and injured during the Xiaoguan epidemic in Wei Dynasty, and returned to Hanzhong to have the Ordnance Department reforge them. After discarding the loss of reforging, these 500 heavy infantry armors alone were almost completely consumed. All the loot was gone.
Its sophistication can be imagined.
Moreover, the shields they equipped contained eight times the iron content of those used by ordinary soldiers.
Almost the entire wooden shield was wrapped with iron blocks.
There is nothing special about the spears, because each of them is equipped with a ring-headed sword, which the Han Dynasty calls the "magic sword".
This kind of knife was made by Pu Yuan of Xicao, Xiangfu. There are only 3,000 swords. When the knife is finished and inspected, the bamboo tube is filled with iron beads and sealed, and the knife is raised to cut off, as if cutting grass.
According to legend, the death camp could obtain as many as five hundred knives, and it was Zheng Pu who shamelessly tortured the prime minister for more than ten days to get it.
