Turbulent Times Chapter 1510: Xu Shiji who took a bite back
The battle between Xiaohedao Mountain Pass and Fengyang City is still going on.
Since the more than 50,000 men and horses of the Far Eastern Army rushed to the Wagang Army site in the Central Plains to start the war, especially after Wang Junlin came to the front line in person, several important officials of the Far Eastern Army Group have been under great pressure.
Especially 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 battle.
So, while he manages all kinds of affairs every day, does everything in detail, trembling, and walking on thin ice, the pressure on his body can be said to be as heavy as Mount Tai.
Besides Du Ruhui, who took on and performed the duties of prime minister, there were two people who were busiest and most stressed——Liu Ziming and Wei Zheng.
Liu Ziming is in charge of raising food, grass, weapons and equipment, and transporting ordnance for the army.
And Wei Zheng is in charge of how to avoid the large and small foreign camp bandits of the Xiaowagang army after the weapons and equipment enter the Central Plains, and send them to Xiaohedao Mountain 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 Eastern Army are operating at full capacity these days.
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Shuitou Town is the place where Xu Shiji's army is located at this time, leading to the official road of Fengyang City.
Half an hour ago, while Xu Shiji commanded the army to continue to attack the two camps of the Far East Army with all its strength, he quietly ordered his confidant Du Yi to lead 3,000 reserve troops who had not yet entered the battlefield to march to seize Shuitou Town.
If Xu Shiji still didn't understand what Wang Junlin wanted to do after Wang Junlin came to the crossing of Xiaohe Mountain after Wang Junlin used the strategy of alienation, then he was not the second person in the Tang army in the original history Li Ji.
At the same time, he also made the most correct move for a commander at this time——to be calm, and everything must be done quietly. Otherwise, the morale of the army will be in chaos, and the consequences will be disastrous.
Du Yi led 3,000 people to guard near Shuitou Town, naturally to ensure the smooth passage here. Prevent the Far East Army from detouring and intercepting here.
Du Yi still remembers that when Xu Shiji summoned all the senior generals under his command to announce their withdrawal, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Attacking such a military stronghold was beyond the capabilities of the Wagang Army, not to mention the thought of the poisonous king Junlin. Right in the army stronghold they were going to attack, many people were trembling in their hearts.
In fact, from the beginning to the present, the Wagang army has not attacked the front of the two military camps. At present, it has only filled a trench and occupied the earthen wall.
Just because of this trench and that earth wall, they have already lost more than 10,000 people, and more than 2,000 people were injured. Few of these wounded soldiers could survive back to Fengyang City There are few.
In short, from Xu Shiji's point of view, this time he and Li Mi's plan to plan Wang Junlin and the Far East Army was a complete failure. Not only did they lose Huangshizhai and Fengyang City, two extremely important strategic locations, but they also suffered serious losses of troops. It was the first time after the Naiwagang Army raised the anti-flag.
"General, a spy from the Far East Army was found ten miles to the northwest." A spy flew off his horse, knelt down on one knee in front of Du Yi, and reported loudly.
Du Yi sighed, and his face became more gloomy and dignified———If the strength of the troops on the battlefield weakens to a certain level, it is easy to be detected by the opponent.
Du Yi reckoned that it would not be so smooth for Manager Xu to quietly let the army evacuate from the earthen wall they captured.
If the earthen wall was abandoned directly, then Wang Junlin and Li Jing would have judged Xu Shiji's intentions immediately, and the Violent Bear Battalion is all cavalry, and most of their Wagang Army is infantry.
Anyone with a little knowledge of soldiers knows that when infantry retreat and cavalry follow, it is easy to reveal their flaws, not to mention the retreat of a defeated army. If it is as Xu Shiji and Du Yi guessed, another army of the Far Eastern Army has already detoured to stop it , then they are very likely to have 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, only to see Li Jing and Shen Guoer nodding their heads with certainty.
Wang Junlin immediately stood up, looked at the half of the earth wall in the distance, and asked, "Is there any follow-up troops to join?"
"My lord, there is only a reserve team of 500 people at present. The earth wall occupied by the Wagang Army has shown signs of fatigue. It was just preparing for a small-scale attack without even using gunpowder packs. The reserve team is also preparing Insufficient, I never expected that the left wing position of the Wagang Army was easily broken through. They stayed for half a quarter of an hour when they crossed the earth wall, and they withdrew after the surrounding Wagang Army came to help them." Li Jing said.
Wang Junlin nodded, pondered for a while, his eyes flickered, and said in a deep voice: "Mobilize two thousand troops to attack the Wagang Army's left-wing defense line, Shen Guoer pay attention to observe, if the Wagang Army moves from the rear Reinforcement, then withdraw, 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."
"What does the lord mean that Xu Shiji is reducing the frontline troops?" Li Jing's eyes lit up, and he asked anxiously.
Wang Junlin sneered and said: "Soldiers never tire of deceit. Xu Shiji's fighting skills are still very good. There are tunnels behind the earthen wall. Today, the Wagang Army's various departments often change defenses. They come and go indefinitely. We can only increase the attack power and feedback the news. is accurate."
"In addition, Dongshan sent some troops to the west **** to contain the left wing of the Wagang Army."
"Shen Guo'er sent elite spies to venture around to the rear side of the Wagang Army camp,
Observe the mobilization of troops in the Wagang Army camp. "
"East Mountain and West Mountain Slope ensure that the roads at the foot of the mountain are unobstructed, and cavalry are ready to gather at the East Mountain and West Mountain at any time. The defense lines in the middle must keep in touch at all times. The earth wall defense line is seven or eight miles away from the Wagang Army camp. They want to retreat quietly. It's not that easy." Wang Junlin looked at the Wagang Army camp from a distance with lightning-like eyes, and said solemnly.
"The humble staff will make arrangements immediately, and the humble staff thinks that the Military Intelligence Office should send more spies to investigate around Shuitou Town." Li Jing said.
Wang Junlin nodded, expressing his agreement with Li Jing's idea, and asked Shen Guoer to arrange it 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. Intention, the retreating army is weak, once we start chasing, we will chase to Fengyang City, completely make the Wagang Army in the hands of our Far East Army, and let the Wagang Army feel fear."
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After noon, the Stormy Bear Battalion launched intermittent counterattacks across the board, the Wagang Army battalion horns blared, 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 Stormy Bear Battalion has discovered a change in the strength of the earth wall through continuous testing. The Far East Army in Dongshan can easily observe the number of troops dispatched from the camp to judge the number of people who have found the earth wall, so he can only give up and quietly evacuate Instead, use cavalry to support the retreat of the people and horses on the earth wall.
Although they are all retreats, in this way, the earth wall defense forces will definitely suffer a lot of losses if they want to escape the attack of the Far East Army.
"General Manager, if it wasn't for the Supervising Army who insisted on dispatching a thousand people to retreat early, how could the left wing be broken by the earth wall by the Stormy Bear Battalion? Without the permission of the chief executive, he sent troops to the supervising army privately, and the chief executive slaughtered these two **** after he returned, and Mi Gong and Zhai Dazhai would not say anything if they thought about it."
A confidant general of Xu Shiji was on the sidelines, aggrieved. The enemy's retreat in front of him is easy to be discovered, and then he is chased by the enemy. The morale of the soldiers in the army is very poor. Every time they retreat, they need to be closely guarded by the supervising team. Long fronts can't guarantee safety at all, and can only be gradually reduced when changing defenses. Xu Shiji asked all the troops to retreat step by step, with the elite at the end for cover.
Unexpectedly, Jia Fuyun, the supervisor who forced Xu Shiji to continue attacking before, 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 discussing the matter.
As a result, this thousand people were missing, allowing the Violent Bear Camp to break through the earthen wall Wu Sanhu was in charge of in one weak attack. Containing the forces of the Wagang Army on the earth wall.
Xu Shiji nodded slightly, Wu Sanhu and Jia Fuyun must be killed, but the matter has come to this point, the most urgent task is how to bring the nearly 30,000 troops back to Fengyang City.
Before Xu Shiji could think of a way to retreat safely, the Violent Bear Battalion turned from defense to offense amidst the explosion of rumbling gunpowder packs, and selected a key attack on the left, center, and right.
Xu Shiji didn't dare to delay any longer, and quickly ordered cavalry to respond, and the troops behind the earth wall began to retreat one by one.
The retreat in front of the enemy that Xu Shiji was least willing to do finally began.
The infantry and archers on the far right were the first to withdraw. They formed an array of two hundred steps behind the earthen wall to support the retreat of the soldiers and horses in the middle.
Then came the left-wing men and horses. The confronting Storm Bear Battalion sent cavalry to keep biting the retreating Wagang soldiers and horses.
However, what surprised Wang Junlin and Li Jing was that Xu Shiji showed extremely brilliant ability to command the troops, and the Wagang Army did not appear defeated under such circumstances.
Li Jing said confidently: "Most of Xu Shiji's subordinates are infantry, and they can't move fast. Our cavalry can come and go freely, and this place is more than a hundred miles away from Fengyang City, so we are not afraid of them fleeing."
Wang Junlin shook his head, and said: "Don't underestimate the enemy, we had a defensive advantage before, but now in the field, although the strength of the Violent 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 turned serious, because he saw that the Wagang Army saw them start to pursue them with all their strength, and instead of retreating, they lined up on the spot.
Wang Junlin was slightly taken aback, then sighed softly, and said in a tone of admiration and admiration: "Xu Shiji is indeed not to be underestimated, and his decisiveness alone shows that he is worthy of being a generation leader." Famous general."
Li Jing also said with some regret: "Your Majesty! I wanted to wait for them to completely retreat and the formation to be opened before launching a counterattack with all the strength of the army and killing him. Now Xu Shiji has unexpectedly forced the army to stay in peace. , if we retreat calmly, I am afraid it will not be easy to succeed. After all, as the prince said just now, we were focused on defense before and had a geographical advantage. Now if the opponent's entire army retreats, whether it wants to pursue or block it, that is the real deal We have only 10,000 troops, plus Xu Shiji's ability to use troops and these 30,000 people are the elite of the Wagang Inner Battalion, we really cannot underestimate the enemy."
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"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." the horn sounded, and with the majestic and long sound of the horn, countless small black spots at the pass of the small river came from several small crossings that were deliberately left, and gradually converged into a One line, and then like a raging tide, it surged viciously, overwhelming the sky.
Xu Shi
Ji reined in his horse and saw the Far Eastern Army chasing him out as he expected, with a dignified and happy expression on his face. Wang Junlin and Li Jing thought about destroying them when he retreated, but why did he not want to draw the Far Eastern Army out? In the **** army stronghold and trenches, defeat each other in field battles and avenge their hatred.
At this time, he pointed his sword and shouted: "Set up the thorn array on the left and right, and the moon array on this array, meet the enemy!"
Following Xu Shiji's order, the flags and drums were immediately passed down, and more than 30,000 troops immediately moved into action. The Wagang Inner Battalion was well-trained and experienced elite soldiers, and there were no burdens such as grain trucks and luggage to take care of. The formation speed was really fast, nearly ten thousand bear camp cavalry hadn't rushed to the front, several spears and large shields had been deployed, and the crossbowmen behind were already in place, arrows pointed obliquely into the sky, waiting for the command of the general.
Xu Shiji held the knife in his hand and led his own soldiers to lead the formation at the back of the team. At this time, he stared coldly at the cavalry of the Violent Bear Battalion rushing from a distance.
There was a wave of people and horses, the sound of hoofs was like thunder, and murderous intent was ignited between the brows.
As long as he is not going to attack the **** trenches and military strongholds, he is not afraid at all, but is full of anger and murderous intent.
Under his personal charge, the more than 30,000 troops were silent, but quickly and densely arranged their formations according to the general's orders.
Ahead, nearly ten thousand violent bear battalions roared towards them. They clearly saw countless bows and crossbows pointing at the crescent-shaped formation in front of them. If you can't keep your feet, whoever wants to stop will be hit by his own people and turned into mud. Go forward, only go forward, and survive from death!
Getting closer, getting closer, the vanguard of more than a thousand soldiers from the Violent Bear 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 an order: "Fire the arrow!"
The sound of "buzzing" is enough to make some people who have experienced the battle for the first time feel numb. It was originally a sharp sound of howling and breaking the wind, but because thousands of arrows flew into the air together, it formed a shocking sound. The buzzing sound of tremors in the air was like a dark cloud, and the sharp arrow shot towards the sky. The speed of the arrow plus the speed of the horse, both sides could severely injure the enemy cavalry within the most effective shooting distance of the arrow.
However, almost at the same time as Xu Shiji gave the order, following the sound of drums from Li Jingshuai's banner in the distance, the stormy bear battalion, which was running like thunder, raised their reins and turned in unison. Shaped like a half moon, they barely touched the tip of one side of the moon, drawing an arc and pounced towards the left wing.
How could Li Jing not understand the characteristics of the Yanyue formation? Under his command, he was also the cavalry of the Stormy Bear Battalion who was born as a Turkic wolf cavalry.
However, Xu Shiji obviously expected that they might use the tactic of horse speed and sound to attack the west. It was dense arrows and spears, and the cavalry of the Violent Bear Battalion galloped all the way. Everyone held their round shields sideways to protect their vital points. Although the first wave of arrows rained down many troops, but because they wiped them from the enemy's rear, It came from the tail, not from the front, so it was very close to the Wagang army. Normally, the Wagang army could shoot at least three waves of arrows before the hand-to-hand combat. At this time, it has been reduced to one wave. Casualties are minimized.
The thousand cavalrymen of the Violent Bear Battalion in front were simply a pretense to trigger the enemy's arrows. After they rushed over, the cavalry behind them moved their horses slightly, and then handed over to the short soldiers of the Wagang Army. Charging forward, the sword and gun in his hand cut the throats and chests of many Wagang Army soldiers with only one drag formula of galloping horses.
Not to be outdone, the soldiers of the Wagang Army stabbed alternately with long spears and short halberds, stabbing people up and horses down.
It is impossible to fight undead, even the Bear Battalion that has been armed to the teeth is not immune.
However, this style of skirmishing avoids a frontal collision, and minimizes the casualties of the Violent Bear Battalion. After thousands of cavalry from the Violent Bear Battalion galloped past, with the powerful momentum, Xu Shiji's dense formation The shape has been disrupted, and the cavalry of the Stormy Bear Battalion behind him began to rush directly into the Wagang Army, wielding steel knives and beheading them condescendingly.
Xu Shiji gave several orders to exit, and the banner of the Wagang Army changed again. The army immediately changed from a few formations to a sparse formation, and the dense formation immediately retreated to the middle open space. Formation, shield hand, short knife hand, long gunman cooperate with each other, wipe out the cavalry of the bear battalion. In such a formation, the cavalry of the Violent Bear Battalion who had broken into the enemy had already lost their speed advantage, and would instead become targets for slaughter by the infantry.
As long as it is used properly, there is no unit that is invincible, and any unit can give full play to its own advantages and severely injure powerful enemies.
But the combat power of the cavalry of the Violent Bear Battalion is rare in the world, let alone commanded by a military **** like Li Jing. The battalion cavalry suddenly pulled their horses back and merged into the dense torrent. The stormy bear battalion cavalry who continued to kill continued to fast horses to stick to the formation of the Wagang Army, using maneuvering tactics, and began to use big axes and long knives like peeling skin and bones, The outer skin and flesh of the Wagang Army were peeled off layer by layer.
Although Xu Shiji faced this kind of tactics for the first time, he reacted very quickly. As soon as he gave an order, the soldiers next to him waved their flags, and the drums sounded like thunder. The shape, the long weapon stabs the human body, the short weapon cuts the horse's leg, the limbs and arms of both sides are broken, and the blood waves are overwhelming.
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