Chapter 41 Riding(2/2)
Therefore, after thinking about it, as the troops advanced a little, he ordered again, but it was adjusted to facilitate dispatch. So the cavalry was divided into two, and lined up on the left and right.
He sent it out and placed it on the right wing.
In other words, when he was less than ten miles away from the enemy, he finally chose the final formation... but it was a classic conservative formation of cavalry on the two wings, infantry in the middle, elite soldiers in the front, and weak soldiers in the rear.
"Lord." Guo Dadao seemed to have some ideas when he saw this, but after his general gave the order, he took the initiative to rein in his horse and stepped forward. "Although this arrangement is considered appropriate, you have to consider the terrain... This is our place, Lord.
Don’t you know the terrain? The marching road in the middle is okay, but there are some hills on both sides. Even if the cavalry charges, their combat power will be limited."
How could I not know?
Li Cheng cursed in his heart... His formation was simply to allow the cavalry troops he could directly control to encircle the infantry group in the middle! It was a conservative tactic to try to prevent the infantry in the middle from collapsing!
However, he couldn't say these words. In desperation, Li Cheng could only wave his hand: "Old Guo doesn't understand, I know for myself!"
Guo Dadao was only trying his best to mention one sentence, but when he saw this, he was naturally speechless.
A moment later, as Li Cheng's cavalry mobilized in large numbers, Yue Fei heard the sentinels, but his heart moved slightly, but his face remained unresponsive. He waited until Li Cheng's cavalry completed the formation of the cavalry on the left and right wings during the march...
Suddenly an order was issued to summon Tian Shizhong, Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, Tang Huai and other major generals.
At this time, the two front armies were actually only seven or eight miles apart.
"The fighter plane has appeared, and I already know how to defeat the enemy." Yue Fei reined up his horse in the military formation, with seven or eight dismounted generals standing in front of him, and the Yue-character flag was erected behind him. The soldiers and horses behind him encountered this
After the banner, it was like water meeting a rock, naturally divided into two parts, and continued to advance. "Li Cheng relied on the large number of cavalry, so he actually placed the cavalry on the mountains on both sides and the infantry on the road in the middle... We did the opposite and placed the infantry on the road in the middle..."
Divide it into two, and meet the cavalry on the left and right, but combine all the cavalry units into one, place them in the center, and charge him head-on!"
The generals looked at each other, knowing that this was the final decision and could not delay it, but they nodded one after another... In fact, in order to facilitate the march and to protect the precious cavalry, the current march route was originally arranged this way.
Therefore, everyone also realized that Yue Fei must have other words.
And sure enough, after Yue Fei said this, he immediately squinted his eyes and stared at one of them: "General Tian! There is something I can only ask you to do... I have made it clear in advance that after this military order is issued, you will definitely feel that I
I'm using you as a trap, maliciously trying to consume Lieutenant Zhang's most trusted confidants... But even so, you have to grit your teeth and do it, because your unit is indeed the most elite of the infantry! If you don't do it, I will ask for military law.
Dispose of it!"
Tian Shizhong was silent for a moment, but seemed to have expected it, and then he raised his hands to each other: "We are all veteran soldiers. If Commander Yue is really malicious, I will know it... So, Commander Yue just gives the order."
Yue Fei nodded slightly: "I want you to go to the front of the left wing! Directly confront the southern cavalry brigade of the rebel army with the Jurchen cavalry in the mountains!"
Lieutenant Commander Tian took a breath and agreed calmly: "As Taiwei said, our unit ranks first in infantry in the army, and we fought head-on with the Jin cavalry. However, Taiwei responded to the enemy's strategy, so I have arranged this time."
I have nothing to say... I have said it this way, my troops are capable of fighting on the mountains and I will never refuse!"
Yue Fei nodded slightly, then shook his head: "I haven't finished speaking yet... I want General Tian's troops to speed up immediately, and break out first to clash with the enemy cavalry brigade on the mountains to the south! The other troops, from south to north, slow down one by one.
Marching speed, diagonal formation meets the enemy!"
Tian Shizhong raised his head in astonishment and stared at Yue Fei without saying a word.
Yue Fei just opened his eyes and faced the other party: "If you have anything to say, say it quickly... without delay!"
"The Taiwei is asking my subordinates to die?" Tian Shizhong was breathing heavily.
"That's right! The front line of this battle will inevitably suffer heavy losses. If your troops stand out alone, you will die even more!" Yue Fei answered solemnly. "When you are a soldier and eat food, are you still afraid of death?!"
The corners of Tian Shizhong's mouth twitched, and he didn't know what he was thinking. After a moment, he got on the horse, reined in the horse, turned around, and then shouted loudly from the horse: "Captain, if this is so and so, but you can't win completely,
Even if I risk my life, I will go to the official and cry in front of the officials, undoing the achievements you made during your trip south for more than half a year!"
After saying this, Master Tian immediately turned around without waiting for Yue Fei to say anything.
Two-quarters of an hour later, Tian Shizhong led the Wei army from the imperial camp's right army, the 3,000 heavy-armored long-axe infantry who were his father-in-law's lifeblood, and took the lead in fighting the cavalry in front of them. As soon as the two sides fought, they fell into the narrow
Enter the most brutal hand-to-hand combat on the battlefield.
Armor, war horses, limbs, and blood instantly began to be thrown onto the hills of Luzhong.
The most elite troops on both sides, which are usually thrown in at the end to determine the winner, began to consume each other as soon as they came up. However, thanks to the sudden counterattack launched by the middle part of Tian Division, Li Cheng
The idea of using cavalry to cover up the infantry was shattered as soon as it came up. The tens of thousands of infantry, in the situation where the two sides were actually engaged in large-scale combat, could not be controlled and commanded at all, but they continued to follow the inertia of the military formation.
Go west along the flat road.
At this time, all the cavalry of Yue Fei's central army, that is, only 4,000 troops mainly composed of Beiwei Army, also gathered at Beiwei Army led by Zhang Xian. They were still one mile away from the front line of Li Cheng's infantry, but they were
They advanced at a slow pace at a speed that was completely inconsistent with the marching speed of the cavalry.
Under the banner of Zhang Zi, Yang Zaixing, who saw this kind of battle scene for the first time, was wearing double-layered iron armor, riding a big horse that Yue Fei personally gave to him, and carrying a large iron gun. He took a few dozen steps forward and looked at
After taking a look at the situation on the south battlefield on the left front, he couldn't help but breath heavily, and then his whole body began to tremble.
He was not afraid, but excited... Some people seemed to be born for the battlefield from the beginning.
Behind him, Zhang Xian and Guo Jin, who were neatly dressed and experienced in combat, were also breathing heavily, then reined in their horses and moved forward slowly. Contrary to Yang Zaixing, these two people really had a sense of caution and nervousness.
They are cautious rather than hesitant, nervous rather than fearful... The reason for this is precisely because they have rich battlefield experience and know very well the consequences of such a head-to-head collision on flat land surrounded by narrow and rugged terrain.
Sacrifice is inevitable, and victory or defeat will be decided in an instant when one side cannot hold on any longer, followed by an unprecedented siege, pursuit, and forced landing.
"Come on!" Yang Zaixing could not help but turn around and suggest as he watched Tian Division's central flank gradually being completely surrounded by Li Cheng's infantry.
Zhang Xian said nothing and just went to see Guo Jin.
Guo Jin, who had a large horse spoon tied around his waist, reined in his horse and looked behind him to the north, but he shook his head: "Vice-General Wang Gui has not waved the flag yet."
Zhang Xian nodded and pretended to be calm: "Those three thousand soldiers in the Tian division are capable of fighting. On that day, Yaoshan blocked Hezhameng'an and Loushi. This scene was nothing! It happened to be the enemy's army.
The Chinese army sucked them in and broke up their formation."
Yang Zaixing didn't know what Hezha Meng'an was and what Lou Shi was, but he was impatient and helpless, so he reined in his horse and drove forward again.
But when he was filled with enthusiasm and ready to come back to urge Zhang Xian, he suddenly heard the sound of drums from behind, and then saw countless flags waving together... Caught off guard, Zhang Xian was asked to take the lead, leading Guo Jin and a team.
The prancing horse of the personal guard jumped out from the side.
Yang Zaixing was furious, turned around and called to his headquarters, then turned around and took the lead in the charge.
Immediately, the entire Beiwei army and all the hastily assembled cavalry, numbering no more than 4,000, rushed towards the Chinese army's formation of 40,000 troops in front of them.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, the imperial camp's front army, Beiwei Army, struggled to insert itself behind the enemy's flank on the imperial camp's right army, and thousands of infantry under Li Cheng were immediately blown away on the spot... The cavalry from the north saw
Under the command of the general, he tried to turn around and hug the cavalry that emerged from the middle. Unexpectedly, on some rugged mountains, countless infantry shouted loudly, and soon they were led by a large banner with the word "king".
The counter-charge attitude was oncoming, leaving no room for these cavalry to make adjustments on the battlefield.
On this day, the two armies met on a narrow road after marching for most of the day. After only making hasty formation adjustments, they collided face to face!
It’s really a hard hit!
Sixty thousand troops, 40,000 on one side and more than 20,000 on the other, were like two clay pots filled with boiling blood, colliding head-on in the land of Qilu.
For a moment, blood flowed all over the ground, debris was scattered everywhere, and only the loud shouts of killing caused the echoes to turn over and over, rising from behind the hills.
Chapter completed!