448 Return to Xibai (2)

"Well......" After receiving the news from Luo Yingshe, Zhou Qiandai, who was in charge of receiving the military information transmission, nodded and quickly rode to Zhou Yanbo's side: "Sir, there is news from Luo Yingshe. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"What do you say?" asked Zhou Yanbo.

"The news says that the Jin family has already known about our actions and has begun to prepare for battle in Xibai, and it is estimated that they are ready to deal with us before we reach Xiaoliangdong. ”

"What kind of news is this?" Zhou Yanbo said dissatisfiedly, "We are acting 'openly' this time, and the Jin family must know that it would be strange if they didn't prepare to give Xibai to me." ”

The news also said. Zhou Qiandai then looked at the military information from Luo Yingshe, "The first army of the Jin family has begun to march to Xibai, and the main force is light cavalry. ”

"Light cavalry?" Zhou Yanbo said in a slightly unhappy tone, "This group of guys knows that the Zhou family is mainly infantry and is not good at dealing with cavalry, so I think it is normal for that cavalry at the beginning, but how many of them look down on me with light cavalry?"

"However, according to the military situation, this is not the only Jin reinforcement to support Xibai, it seems that this part of the light cavalry is only a small part of the reinforcements, their goal should be to reach Xibai as soon as possible before we arrive, after all, the defenders of Xibai can't defend us now. Zhou Qiandai said his thoughts.

"It makes sense, let Luo Yingshe continue to investigate the other party's military situation, but let them be careful. ”

"I see. Zhou Qiandai nodded, it seems that the impact of Liang Shui's defeat last time was still somewhat left in Zhou Yanbo's heart, otherwise Zhou Yanbo would not have subconsciously said the words that made Luo Yingshe be careful.

"But should we speed up the march?" Zhou Qiandai asked, "The soldiers are very fast, even if Xibai has a defense now, it is only the original defenders of Xibai, at most, with this light cavalry, it is enough to deal with according to our military strength." ”

"No, just march slowly, don't speed up. ”

"Huh, is that okay? Doesn't that give the other party plenty of time to prepare?"

"This time to invade Xibai, my purpose is not to capture Xibai, if it is only to reach this point, then as you said, speed up the march while their strength is not gathered to break through, but what I want is to defeat the Jin family at one time, so if I capture Xibai as quickly as possible, the loss is not too big for them, and it has not shaken to the foundation. ”

"So what Mr. wants is to let the strength of the Jin family gather in Xibai as much as possible, and then capture Xibai in one go?"

"That's right, it would be better if the other party's lord came to Xibai, so we don't need to be in too much of a hurry. Zhou Yanbo nodded, "Let them wait and go, when we come, what patience do they have to fight us?"

"That's ......"

"Xiao Hu, tell the front army and the middle army not to speed up, just go slowly!" Zhou Yanbo commanded, Hu Ji'an nodded, and immediately sped up to tell Zhou Yizhi and Zhou Fengxue.

After Liang Shui was defeated and retreated, Hu Ji'an inherited Zeng Yihu's position and became the captain of the Sanhua Servant, and what Hu Ji'an wanted to do most was to avenge the former captain of the Waiter.

Because Zhou Yanbo was a slow march, when he arrived at Xiaoliangdong, it took seven or eight days longer than usual, but fortunately, Zhou Yanbo only led 15,000 men and horses, otherwise the Zhou family's food consumption could not afford it.

"So, let me wrap it up. In this formation, Zhou Qiandai said, "Now the Jin army gathered in Xibai has more than 40,000 people, the main composition is the Jin cavalry and light cavalry, the archers and infantry are secondary, it seems that the other party wants to use cavalry to completely defeat us." ”

"It is estimated that our military information has also been transmitted to the other party, mainly infantry, and the cavalry is only available to the Sanhua Servant and the Shenhuo Battalion. Xiao Yuan said.

"It should be like this, and the last time Xibai's thing was because the cavalry played a major role, so that the Jin family almost won a big victory, they should have tasted the sweetness, even the most elite Sanhua cavalry of the Zhou family, it is difficult to compete with the Jin cavalry, known as the first cavalry in the world, the Jin cavalry, but can trample on the enemy's sword. Zhou Qiandai said, "Now that the other party has more people than us, and there is a terrifying Jin cavalry, the other party seems to be the same as Mr. thinks, and completely dampen the foundation of the Zhou family here." ”

"The most important seven horses of the Zhou family are here...... I'm afraid it will be difficult for the other party to give up such a large opportunity. Zhou Yizhi said.

Luo Yingshe also said that our first fight with the other party will definitely be in Liangshui. Zhou Qiandai continued, "Although Liangshui is a tributary of the Zijiang River, the riverbed is very shallow, and the cavalry can completely step on the riverbed to rush to the opposite bank, while the infantry can barely do it, but because of the inconvenience of movement, it is completely the target of the cavalry in Liangshui." ”

"In the first game, the opponent took advantage of the position, for them it was offensive and defensible, and we could only defend, and once we attacked rashly, we lost. Zhou Ke said.

"Yes, this point is very difficult, but think about it in another direction, the first battle of the Jin cavalry will definitely be the main force, as long as we can win the battle of Liangshui, we can greatly weaken the strength of the Jin family's cavalry. ”

"Tell me. A herald walked in, "The Jin family has begun to camp on the other side of Liangshui!"

"Fast enough, don't want to give us any breathing room?" Zhou Fengxue said.

"Sir, you can go out and set up a formation, how to fight?" Zhou Qiandai said.

Zhou Yanbo bit his nails and thought about it, then picked up the brush next to him to draw and write on the paper, and then moved the paper outward: "That's it." ”

Everyone came up and opened, they were all taken aback, Zhou Yanbo's formation this time did not have any characteristics, it was lined up along Liangshui, this was not to make it easy for the opponent's cavalry to rush over.

"This?" Zhou Fengxue looked up and asked.

"Since you want to do it, let's do it simply, don't care about the people of the Jin family, we are in Xiaoliangdong, it is safe for the time being, use the time of these two days, let everyone make a horse fence as much as possible!"

"Horse fence?" Zhou Fengxue said, "This kind of thing can only alleviate the attack of the cavalry, but it can't completely prevent the Jin cavalry, and the other party is not a fool, once he sees us erecting a horse fence, he will attack in a roundabout way, and will not compete with us head-on." ”

"And looking at the position of the main formation, it is also a little forward, completely in a depression, this is not to give the opposing cavalry the advantage of sprinting?" Zhou Yi had investigated the terrain around Liangshui in advance, so he knew very well, "Even if you want to use a horse fence, you should place the army behind, not in a depression." ”

"If you put yourself in too much advantageous position, will the other party stupidly send you to the door?" Zhou Yanbo asked Zhou Yizhi rhetorically, he has a profound experience of defeat, and he knows this place better than Zhou Yizhi.

"Deliberately?"

"Since the offense can't succeed, let's play defensive counterattack. Zhou Yanbo smiled, "Let's hurry up and prepare the horse fence." ”

Everyone left the formation while discussing Zhou Yanbo's ideas, but Xiao Yuan stayed.

"Immortal Lord, I guess this formation is to maximize the power of the Divine Fire Camp, right?"

"That's right. Zhou Yanbo nodded, "Three thousand musketeers with flint guns, a thousand people in a row are divided into three rows, using a three-stage rotation firing tactic. ”

The so-called three-stage round fire is to divide the soldiers into three platoons, the first platoon is responsible for attacking the enemy with flint guns, the second platoon is responsible for taking the fired flint guns and handing them to the back row and handing the loaded flint guns to the front row, and the third platoon is responsible for cleaning up the used flint guns and reloading them with gunpowder to pull up the flint. In short, the first row is used to attack, the second row is used to pass and reload ammunition, and the third row is used to clean and reload gunpowder. This greatly saves the flint gun attack interval and allows for continuous attacks.

"But it's still dangerous to expose the Shenhuo Battalion to the front line, and if the opposing cavalry breaks through the barrier, then it will turn into close combat. ”

"So we want to take advantage of the terrain of the depression where we are located. Zhou Yanbo said, "The front, and also at the lowest point of the depression, is the long knife, the side carriage and the horse fence of the Yun Tie Army; the back is the musket team and the horse fence of the Shenhuo Battalion, the position of the Shenhuo Battalion is slightly higher than that of the Yun Tie Army, and when the opponent's cavalry is approaching, it is in a state of flat fire, and in the back is the Sanhua Servant Formation, as the bait of the Jin cavalry, and the two wings are the Yun Yu Guard." ”

"I see. Xiao Yuan understood Zhou Yanbo's thoughts at this time.

"The other party thought that occupying Liangshui would be able to suppress us on the terrain, but they didn't expect that this terrain would limit their role, and it would be impossible for the other party to suppress our two wings with cavalry if they wanted to forcibly break through from the two wings, then it would cause the cavalry to attack uncoordinated, and when the other party approached the two wings, the cavalry in the center had been wiped out by us, and there was no frontal pressure sharing, and the cavalry on both wings was completely sent to death. ”

"That's right. ”

"A water flow area like this is not suitable for cavalry combat at all, so from the moment they put the cavalry in Liangshui, they were already wrong. ”

The next day, it rained, although it was not big, but it was not small, and the land on both sides of the beam washed by the rain became very loose, so Zhou Yanbo was able to easily place a special horse-proof fence of human height, and simply built a trench and a rampart in the depression, which really turned the depression into a fortress that was enough to defend.

Before the early morning of the third day, Zhou Yanbo's army had all entered a specific position and was on standby, waiting for the Jin family on the other side.

"We're going to face Gao Zhide, right?" Xiao Yuan, standing in front of the horse fence, said to Zhou Fengxue, "This person is a person with a relatively stable approach in the Jin family, will he attack easily?"

"I don't know, but Mr. called Xiao Sheng over just now...... There should be a way. Zhou Fengxue looked at the formation full of scattered flags not far behind him and said.

"Look at this place. Zhou Yanbo pointed to a point on the map.

"Fuyi?" Xiao Sheng said.

"The other party prepared too early, so that there was a little confusion in the logistics, and now Fuyi is an important supply place for the group of guys opposite us, once this place is destroyed......"

"Gao Zhide directly lost the back road, and he can only fight with his back!"

"As long as Fu Yi is attacked by surprise, Gao Zhide's army must be unstable, yes, he can retreat, but we must consider the risk of being pursued by us, so he will definitely attack, this is what we need, Roushang has already separated an elite jumping team from the You Yin army, and Junyu's Luo Yingshe is also ready...... The surprise attack is up to you. ”

"Obey, I'm going to attack Fuyi. ”