Turbulent Times Chapter 1619: Under Li Shimin’s gaze

After Xie Yingdeng received Xu Shiji's order, he led his troops to attack Qushi City faster and faster, and the offensive became more and more fierce. Depending on the situation, there should be no problem breaking the city within two days.

When Cheng Yaojin received the military information sent by the messenger sent by Xu Shiji, he frowned, and still stood still. The two armies faced each other far away at the foot of the west side of Qinglin Mountain. There were only sporadic small-scale battles every day, and the casualties were only a few dozen. .

A qualified general will never be thrown into disarray because of information hundreds of miles away.

Compared with attacking the city, Li Shimin paid more attention to defeating the Far Eastern Army, causing a large number of casualties to the latter.

Whether it is Cheng Yaojin or Xu Shiji, in fact, they also see this matter very clearly. As long as the army is strong enough, even if the city and territory are temporarily lost, they can easily **** them back.

But having said that, the 100,000 men in Liang State in the south are definitely not a mob, and the pressure on Cheng Yaojin and Xu Shiji far exceeds Zhu Can's 100,000 men.

So, on the third day, Cheng Yaojin still took the initiative to attack Zhu Can's troops. The war here cannot be dragged on for too long.

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Daye ten years, February 24th.

Cheng Yaojin's 5,000 soldiers on the left and right flanks launched a night attack on Zhu's camp at midnight. The two wings surrounded Zhu Can's camp.

Before this, 500 members of the Special Forces had sneaked into Zhu's army's camp ahead of time.

In the dark night of the moon, the flames flickered, and with the shouts of thousands of troops and horses, the 20,000 cavalry from the Wagang camp rushed into the camp with 100,000 Zhu's troops like a gust of wind. The masters had already set fires in the enemy's camp. In just half an hour, Zhu Can's camp that stretched for more than ten miles was set on fire by soldiers of the Special Forces.

So, when Cheng Yaojin led 20,000 people into the camp of Zhu's army, the camp was full of flames, people shouted and neighed, and the panicked soldiers of Zhu's army were easily slaughtered by the Wagang camp cavalry. The soldiers and horses didn't have much resistance at all, and fled one after another in the dark.

Everything seemed to be going well, Cheng Yaojin suddenly took the initiative to attack, Zhu Can was caught off guard, and the combat power of Zhu's army was as expected in the information, and the combat power was low, so this time Cheng Yaojin attacked Zhu's army The sudden night attack of the Japanese army can be described as perfect, enough to be included in the textbooks of the Far East Army's battles, at least for now.

However, after Cheng Yaojin asked his subordinates to count the kills and injuries to Zhu's army, he found that not many enemies were killed.

As a matter of fact, Cheng Yaojin led his men and horses to attack the camp of the Zhu family's army from a sneak attack to the fact that there was no one to kill in the camp, and it was over in less than an hour and a half.

Cheng Yaojin scolded Zhu's army for running very fast, and at the same time ordered an inventory of the battle damage. After the inventory, the generals under his command found that the raid seemed to be extremely smooth, and it could be described as devastated, but the real death was in their Wagang The enemy army under the battalion's swords and guns was only nearly 10,000 people.

To tell the truth, Cheng Yaojin led a total of 20,000 people, killing and wounding nearly 10,000 enemy troops in such a short period of time, which is not a lot at all.

However, Zhu's army retreated too quickly tonight, and they fled so quickly, which made people feel a little uneasy.

You know, this is an enemy camp with 100,000 people. If there is no prior organization and preparation, how could it be possible for nearly 90,000 people to succeed in a short period of more than an hour and at night without prior organization and preparation? escape.

Obviously, there is a problem with the smoothness of this sneak attack night battle, but Cheng Yaojin smiled grimly and ordered to chase the enemy.

Most of Zhu's troops were infantry, so Cheng Yaojin and his troops quickly caught up with Zhu's army who was fleeing northward.

Then came the killing, the morale of Zhu's army was low, no matter it was real or pretending, they were only concerned about fleeing, that was a mess, the Wagang camp killed freely, like wolves like a flock of sheep.

The only thing worthy of praise is that Zhu's army fled quickly like yellow sheep in the northwest wilderness. They chased for more than forty miles.

But just before chasing the enemy into a mountainous area, Cheng Yaojin stopped suddenly, and ordered the soldiers around him to blow the horn to stop chasing the enemy and quickly move closer to the general.

With more than half a year of training in the Snake Island Concentration Camp mode, the Wagang Camp has been able to implement orders and prohibitions. speed.

At the same time, on the hill in the distance, Li Shimin, who was witnessing the scene with a telescope, his expression sank, and he said coldly, "Shoot an arrow to Duan Zhixuan."

A soldier who had been preparing for a long time next to Li Shimin immediately ignited a ringing arrow imitating the production of Fanyang County.

The sound of arrows soaring into the sky was heard far away, and the sound of a large number of cavalry galloping and a large number of infantry running suddenly came from that mountain.

At the same time, Zhu's army, who had only been concerned about fleeing before, also began to gather troops under the leadership of Zhu Can and the generals, and turned around to kill Wagang camp.

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"Master Shen, there is an urgent report from the brothers in Guanzhong in the north. Li Shimin's troops in Hanzhong County did not move, but suddenly 30,000 people in Guanzhong crossed the Qinling Mountains and went south. Now they have arrived in Hanzhong."

"In addition, our brothers sent information from the Qinling Mountains that the seven chief thieves in Sichuan and Shu suddenly led their troops to gather in Hanzhong County."

"And Duan Zhixuan, who led ten thousand horse thieves to ravage Shanggu County some time ago, appeared in Hanzhong County."

In the south, the sky was bright, and Xu Shiji's camp was still silent. Song Gongliang woke up Shen Guang who was sleeping, and reported loudly, and handed over the urgent report just sent from the north.

Shen Guang's face changed slightly, he kept ordering Song Gongliang's men to keep an eye on Li Shimin, even to the south of Liang Guoxiao's troops, but he didn't expect that Li Shimin would suddenly mobilize troops from Guanzhong.

We must know that Li Yuan's troops in Guanzhong are not enough now.

A hundred thousand troops led by Shangguan Hu, Zhou Hu, and Jiang Mulang in the west are watching Longguan.

In the northwest, Wu San and Su Changqing led an army of 60,000 troops into Yulin County.

In the direction of Hedong, Wang Junlin presided over it personally. Wu Si's Pegasus Camp, Pei Yuanqing's Xiaoyu Camp, and Luo Shixin's Whirlwind Camp have not sent troops to Guanzhong after stabilizing Hedong. Can kill at any time.

How dare Li Yuan send an army to support Li Shimin under such circumstances.

In addition, besides being occupied by Zhu Can and Xiao Ju in the north and south of Sichuan and Shu, there are also bandit troops with over 10,000 troops, and they have fought for many years, and Zhu Can and Xiao Ju have been unable to do anything for many years kill them all. Now it seems that these people have been subdued by that Duan Zhixuan, or that these people are originally Li Shimin's people, and what makes Shen Guang feel even more chilling is that Li Shimin obviously has Duan Zhixuan's surprise army, but these days the battle with Zhu Can has been going on. Not used.

"What is Li Shimin waiting for

Is it? "

"He has long expected that the Far Eastern Army will send troops to fight with him for the land of Sichuan and Sichuan?"

With such a conclusion in mind, Shen Guang went directly to Xu Shiji's tent and woke him up, but before Shen Guang could speak, Xu Shiji had already ordered the guards of the sect: "Blow the horn and go north immediately!" Support Cheng Yaojin."

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Screams of killing came from all directions, a flood of enemy troops emerged from the forest of Qinglin Mountain, rounds of arrows rained down all over the sky, and shot straight at Cheng Yaojin's troops from the mountainside.

However, only a few dozen Wagang Army soldiers were killed, because Cheng Yaojin had already led 20,000 people into the battle formation, not the cavalry battle formation, but the infantry battle formation. On the periphery are their horses, and almost all the arrows are shot on the horses.

Although Cheng Yaojin's expression was dignified, there was no trace of fear, and more killing intent and ferocity.

"Old Xu said that Yuchi Jingde, Li Jing, Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong fought on the east side of the river for more than half a year, but they failed to destroy Li Shimin's troops. This battle has established his position in the Far East Army, and even because of Li Shimin's weight in the prince's heart, he can directly bridge the gap with other battalion leaders." Cheng Yaojin muttered to himself, his face full of fighting spirit.

One of the characteristics of the Far Eastern Army is that orders are prohibited, and it moves very quickly. Taking advantage of the time and shelter gained by sacrificing thousands of horses, the 20,000 Wagang Battalion cavalry dismounted and lined up the infantry battle formation.

The dust was flying, no matter whether it was Li Shimin's 50,000 men or the 60,000 Zhu Can's men gathered again, they couldn't see the specific situation of Wagang Camp at all, only saw the fierceness of Wagang Camp They blocked the horses in front, and when the horses fell, they exposed a phalanx of 20,000 infantry in front of them.

The change of this scene surprised Zhu Can and Duan Zhixuan who commanded the battle in front of the battle, while Li Shimin, who was watching this scene with a telescope on a distant mountain, also felt his heart beating wildly, faintly feeling that something was wrong.

Neither Duan Zhixuan nor Zhu Can had ever faced the Far Eastern Army in a field battle, so although they had heard that the Far Eastern Army's battle formations were powerful, especially the infantry formations, they still couldn't understand how the Far Eastern Army fought in that battle just now. In this case, the advantage of the cavalry was given up, and even thousands of horses would be shot to death, and the infantry battle formation should be set up.

So at this time, Duan Zhixuan, Zhu Can and others were all stunned. No matter how powerful the legend of the Far Eastern Army was, for countless years, the cavalry was recognized as the most powerful on the battlefield.

Although a sufficient number of infantry has undergone rigorous training and can fight against the cavalry under the leadership of famous generals, it can only guarantee invincibility. It is impossible to defeat the cavalry, or even maintain the upper hand in the battle against the cavalry.

These are common sense in the military since ancient times, okay?

Therefore, Duan Zhixuan still ordered the 20,000 cavalry he had brought to continue charging forward, but instead ordered the 30,000 infantry to wait.

On the other side, Zhu Can was delighted to see Li Jiajun taking the initiative to take the lead. Besides, they had been tossing all night, and the physical exertion between chasing and escaping was too great, not to mention the 100,000 people tossing and now they have lost nearly 40,000. , but now only 20,000 Far East Army troops have been attracted.

To be honest, even if all the 20,000 Wagang camps were wiped out, Zhu Can would feel that it was worthless.

At this time, the soldiers of the 20,000 Wagang Battalion who dismounted to fight on foot set up a big battle formation, and this big battle formation was composed of three battle formations. They stood on the spot and set up their formations.

Soldiers in the first five rows of each battle formation stand holding guns, while soldiers in the fifth to eighth rows hold crossbows with one hand and guns with the right.

And on both sides of the three infantry formations, there were a hundred tall and strong soldiers with thick and long arms. At some point, their bodies were already covered with grenades.

Whether you look horizontally, vertically, or obliquely, this battle formation is a straight line. The remaining soldiers lined up in neat three square formations.

Cheng Yaojin and his 1,000 soldiers were in the middle of the three phalanxes, the banner was flying, and one soldier was excitedly beating the drums, waiting for Cheng Yaojin's order to start Beat the drums of attack.

For more than half a year, they have practiced this scene on the training ground many times. Although there are drills with each other, they can't kill people after all.

However, through those exercises again and again, the whole Wagang Battalion knew the power of the infantry battle formation. They used to be amazed by it, and deeply felt the mystery and power of the person on Snake Island who wrote the battle formation regulations of the Far East Army. .

Three hundred steps!

Two hundred steps!

One hundred and seventy steps...

One hundred and fifty steps!

One hundred and thirty steps...

Cheng Yaojin silently counted the distance between the opponent and himself in his heart. When he reached a hundred steps, Cheng Yaojin waved his hand fiercely and shouted: "Still!"

These Wagang camp soldiers who had been selected and whose arms were much stronger than ordinary people were already ready to go, with a sharp roar, each still released a grenade at the same time.

The whole world already knows about the power of the gunpowder weapons of the Far Eastern Army, and the Li Yuan Group has done too much research and effort, and invested a lot of financial resources and manpower in order to prevent and imitate gunpowder weapons.

Although Li Yuan has not imitated the gunpowder weapon, Li Jiajun has researched many methods and techniques on how to defend against the grenades and gunpowder packs of the Far East Army.

In fact, it is a way to reduce losses as much as possible, and it is very simple to say-that is to evacuate the charge formation and widen the distance between each cavalry, front, back, left, and right.

Duan Zhixuan did not personally lead the troops to charge. The one who led the 20,000 cavalry to charge was another general. He had trained many times on how to guard against grenades, so when he saw the 100 pitchers still making a move, he stepped down. ordered.

Following the order of the cavalry general of the Li family army, 20,000 cavalrymen changed battle formations on their galloping horses, showing extremely strong riding skills. I remembered Wang Junlin's order some time ago, which mentioned "Li Shimin and his subordinates must not be underestimated".

"My lord is right, Li Shimin's troops are indeed formidable, not to mention other things, the riding skills shown alone are not comparable to Zhu's army."

Besides, under the witness of Cheng Yaojin, the cavalry of the Li family army completed the change of formation after only a little confusion.

So, in Cheng Yaojin's plan, the first wave of grenades was supposed to kill at least three or four thousand people, but a hundred grenades only killed about a thousand people.

Moreover, the ears of the 20,000 cavalry horses of the Li family army were obviously stuffed, so although they still panicked, they did not run around.

"It's not just stuffed, these war horses have been trained to sound like explosions." Cheng Yaojin's eyes were like lightning, and he saw more problems at a glance.

But even so, Duan Zhixuan, who witnessed this scene from the rear of the Li family army, was still very angry, because he had not rushed to the front, and he lost more than a thousand people

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It's getting closer, it's getting closer, and the 20,000 cavalry of the Li family army finally rushed to the front of the infantry phalanx of the Wagang Camp.

At this time, the horses in the first row of the Li family army neighed and turned around automatically. The shining spear points of the infantry battle formation made these spiritual horses automatically avoid them.

The cavalry of the Li family army on the horse before finally rushing to the infantry phalanx, seized the time to flexibly bend their bows and set arrows, and shot a sharp arrow at the Wagang camp infantry formation in front of them.

Arrow rain hits, and the soldiers lined up neatly can't avoid it. If the Wagangzhai people in the past, or any other forces in the world except the Far East Army, encounter this situation, even if they have learned the Far East The army's infantry phalanx, but it will also suffer heavy casualties, because they do not have the weapons and equipment to match the infantry phalanx.

Wagang camp naturally has them, so they just lowered their heads slightly, letting their low-brow face shield helmets made of fine steel protect their faces.

Amidst the crackling sound, many bodies in the infantry phalanx on the Wagang camp swayed slightly, and stabilized their bodies.

But there were also several screams, and more than a dozen Wagang camp soldiers fell down.

No way, at this time the Li family army was already charging very close, and the 20,000 cavalrymen of the Li family army were so good at archery that more than a dozen people shot arrows through the gaps in the steel plate armor of the Wagang camp soldiers.

But the gaps between the fallen soldiers of the Wagang Camp were immediately filled by new spearmen, keeping the formation tight.

The horses in front of the Li family army could avoid it, but the horses behind were blocked from their sight and could not turn in time. Xiang Rulin's spear was immediately greeted by several spears in the air, piercing into a sieve.

The huge momentum caused the spearmen in the front row to fall back heavily. The cavalry of the Li family army with excellent horsemanship jumped on their horses, and wanted to seize the opportunity to rush in and break through the spear formation.

"Stab!"

This order was not shouted by Cheng Yaojin. He was separated by many rows of people in the middle, so he might not be able to see clearly and give the order in time.

This is the captains of the Wagang camp who are in charge of the front row, shouting orders hoarsely.

And following the captain's order, the entire row of soldiers raised their spears and stabbed forward without thinking, or reflexively.

The cavalry of the Li family army who crashed into the formation turned over, but found that all around them were gun blades gleaming with cold light. They hit the ground with long knives, and several holes appeared on their bodies.

At the same time, the three rows of fast crossbowmen behind the Wagang infantry battle formation never stopped firing crossbow arrows, shooting and killing the cavalry of the Li family army.

Wearing this scene, Duan Zhixuan's face suddenly changed, and his expression was in disbelief.

He once led 10,000 fine riders under Li Shimin's order to pretend to be horse thieves, and burned, killed and looted in Shanggu County under the rule of the Far Eastern Army. He has never seen or heard of an infantry phalanx that can block the cavalry in frontal confrontation with the cavalry, and even bring such a huge impact to the cavalry in this instant. Big casualties.

This first wave of attacks caused Duan Zhixuan's men and horses to lose more than 700 cavalry, while the **** army formed by the Wagang Camp remained motionless.

Including the 1,000 people who were killed by the grenade before, the Li family's army lost more than 2,000 people, but Duan Zhixuan naturally wouldn't order a retreat at this time.

He gave an order, and the 20,000 cavalrymen of the Li family army swept across the battlefield obliquely in a circle, and then rushed forward again.

At this time, following Cheng Yaojin's order from the middle of the three infantry battle formations, amidst the sound of war drums, the infantry gun formations of the Wagang Camp brazenly changed formation, and rushed forward row by row. Rows of spearmen followed.

"I don't believe in evil anymore!" Duan Zhixuan was talented in training and arranging troops, and was even proud of it. At this time, he couldn't help gnashing his teeth. There is no good way, but as long as the infantry phalanx moves, there will be gaps between the formations, which will allow their cavalry horses to gallop, and the cavalry on one's side will have the hope of breaking through the opponent's infantry phalanx.

"Beat the drums!" Duan Zhixuan roared, and the guards beside him immediately beat the drums, which meant that they would never retreat.

Like a torrent crashing against the rocks, dozens of infantrymen from the Wagang Battalion in the front row were knocked to death. Amidst the sharp whistles of the captains, they advanced neatly in rows.

"Stab!" With a sound of swish, rows of long spears stabbed over neatly.

"Second row, stab!" Another row.

"Third row, stab!"

The guns seem to never end, row after row.

At this time, the three infantry phalanxes of the Wagang Battalion have gathered together to form a huge phalanx. There is about one step between each row. The platoon has already been inserted, and after a dozen consecutive shots, the spearmen at the back rushed forward amidst the deployment of the centurion and the whistle of the captain, to replace the soldiers in the front row whose arms were already sore.

"This **** thing is war. The Wagangzhai men and horses that I led before are really a mob!" Used on the battlefield, it still shocked Cheng Yaojin. This kind of shock is different from the tragic and brave cavalry charge, and it actually gives people a sense of delicacy and art.

Duan Zhixuan watched as the cavalry on his side fell into the endless forest of guns, and the opponent's formation had advanced for so long, but they were still neatly arranged, without giving them the slightest gap to find. And his cavalry were tired of coping with the waves of spear points.

The most important thing is that their cavalry formation was completely broken up. Hundreds of riders were forced into a narrow range by the gun forest, and it was difficult to even turn around, let alone speed up.

"No wonder the second son made a special confession. The cavalry of the Far Eastern Army are powerful, but you must be more careful with their steps!" Duan Zhixuan gritted his teeth, and suddenly remembered Li Shimin's confession.

But Duan Zhixuan knew that no matter how they fight now, they will not be able to retreat. After all, they and Zhu Can have a total of 110,000 to 120,000 troops, which is five or six times that of the opponent, and he let the cavalry take the lead. The **** infantry gun array of the Wagang Camp cannot be breached, at least not in such a short period of time.

Just in this short period of time, they lost more than 3,000 cavalry, plus the more than 1,000 cavalry that were killed before, Duan Zhixuan's 20,000 cavalry had already lost more than 5,000 cavalry, and On the other hand, the Wagang camp only lost three or four hundred people.

The ratio of casualties between the two sides has far exceeded the comparison of their forces.