Chapter 51: Chariot Formation
The Montenegrin army could not hold on.
The first to attack was still Ma Yue, although it was a feint, Ma Teng's group of honest Liangzhou men infiltrated the Duting Station in the quiet night, and the number of participants in the battle was pitiful, and it could not even be described as an army.
A handful of fifty serious Qiang men, under the leadership of Han Sui's loyal Cheng Gongying, infiltrated the Duting Military Post and recklessly set fire to hundreds of tents. The unclothed Black Mountain sergeant burst out of the burning tent and was once again slashed by the Qiang boy's scimitar. A rough estimate is that at least five hundred Montenegrin troops were killed in one night, which was simply an unimaginable victory.
The army did not change the whole plan that had been formulated long ago because of such a victory, Ma Yue only secretly recorded in his heart that this belonged to Cheng Gongying and Han Sui's military exploits, and the Liangzhou soldiers and horses still circled to the southwest foot of Bishan.
There is a valley in the place where the north and south of the mountain meet, Ma Tengqin led a small number of Liangzhou soldiers and horses to camp at the mouth of the valley, tens of thousands of military horses and baggage were transported into the valley to hide, and more soldiers followed Ma Yue to hide in the mountain.
There is no way, they have too many soldiers and horses, and it is really not easy to hide them, so they can only hide most of the army in the mountains and forests to achieve the greatest degree of concealment.
Fortunately, such a life of covering his head and hiding his feet did not let the brave cool man live for long. The Kwantung princes did not disappoint Ma Yue and soon launched an attack on Zhang Yan.
On the sixth day when the Liangzhou army was hiding in Pishan, Ma Yue received news from the scouts who were active under the mountain, and the Yanshi City was planted with a Chinese character banner, and the army of soldiers and horses was marching towards the east of Luoyang.
Since he said that he would watch from the wall, Ma Yue would not break his promise...... On the day he received the news, he and Dong Zhuo, Ma Teng and the leaders of the three armies climbed to the top of a hundred-zhang high peak at the southernmost end of the mountain, and set up a few tents on the platform between the mountains.
The view here is wide, and when you look southeast, you can see the outline of Yanshi City. Looking westward, you will see the northeast corner of Luoyang City, and in the middle...... A flat river is a good battlefield choice.
If the two armies go to war, this place will definitely be able to see the whole battle situation in full view!
In the southwest, the Montenegrin army has set up a position, and the camps that connect the sky and the earth show the princes of the world that the Montenegrin army is so large that it has a prohibitive superiority in strength. Ma Yue knew that Zhang Yan must have known the news of the loss of Yanshi earlier than himself, and Zhang Yan planned to fight to the death with the Kwantung princes here.
Ma Yue set up a military tent on the natural high platform of the mountain and invited all the leaders of the three armies here, not without letting them observe the formation of the two armies...... From a special and ulterior point of view, within a few days, both sides fighting on the vast, murderous battlefield below will be their enemies.
Separated by a distance of fifteen to twenty miles from the Montenegrin camp, the Kwantung princes also began to camp, although it seemed that the military formation was much smaller than that of the Montenegrin army, but Ma Yue clearly knew that it was also a number of companies and camps set up by an army of more than 20,000.
The soldiers and horses of the Kwantung princes, quite a few.
"Gentlemen!" Ma Yue looked back at the many generals standing in the mountain wind behind him, Yan Xing, Xu Huang, Ma brothers, Gan Ning, and Wanning; Han Sui, Cheng Gongying, Pang De, Cheng Yin, and candidates of the Liangzhou Army under Ma Teng; Dong Zhuo's Lu Bu, Hua Xiong, Li Dao, Guo Yan, and a few unnamed people are estimated to be generals of the Bingzhou faction under Lu Bu. Ma Yue raised his thumb and pointed behind his back, and said with a smile: "What a faction of fierce generals gathered!" The battle is about to begin, so let's all put on our armor and watch it well. Although there are many Montenegrin troops, they can't make it a big climate, so let the brothers under them prepare on the other side of the mountain, we have to tell those Kwantung Yankees that they will not be used sooner...... The head work is ours! ”
What kind of calculation did Ma Yue make?
There are few soldiers in the Liang Parallel Alliance, many horse teams, fast speed, and fierce killing. He estimated that there would be a period of stalemate after the soldiers and horses of the Kwantung princes fought with the Montenegrin army, and his brother would descend from the sky at this time, plunge directly into the back of the enemy army from the mountain, and slash out a fatal knife to determine the overall situation of victory or defeat.
"Look at them, they all have a few hearts, don't forget what we're here for?" Ma Yue turned around, raised a finger at the endless battlefield and said: "First, we, King Qin, not only fight under the banner of protecting the emperor, but we are indeed here to protect the emperor, so these Montenegrin troops are dead...... Second, the people in charge of the current court are all those Kwantung people, that is, the scholars led by the Yuan clan with the support of the princes in the west. We have killed the Black Mountain Army, we will fight them, drive them out of Luoyang, from the beginning of our walk into Luoyang City, the affairs of the imperial court, we Guanxi people have the final say! ”
It's not that Ma Yue fought with King Qin's army before the war, but in his eyes, the Black Mountain Army is really not a threat, just those guys who lack soldiers and short armor, or no other princes are eyeing them...... He led 10,000 armored troops to chase the Black Mountain Army from Luoyang to Jizhou.
In the final analysis, Zhang Yan is thankful that he can starve to death less than one million people in Montenegro, and there is not enough food to eat, so what can he do to strengthen the army and strengthen the horse? In Ma Yue's eyes, the Montenegrin Army is also full of heads, and if it is really counted in terms of combat effectiveness, the 50,000 Montenegrin Army may not be comparable to the 10,000 Liangzhou Armored Army.
This is not Zhang Yan's problem, whoever puts on so many Montenegrin soldiers with the identity of anti-thieves has to be blinded. Millions of people can drive him crazy by opening their mouths to eat, which is close to the population of the entire territory of Liangzhou...... With the hat of an anti-thief, he doesn't even have arable land, what development will he take?
"No!" This one came from the bottom of his heart, and a group of brave men were moved by Ma Yue in their hearts, what was it like for the Kansai warriors to be in charge of the court, did they dare to think about it before? Don't talk about it before, if you say it in another person, it is estimated that they all think this person is crazy. But this person is Ma Yue, and he can be trusted if he says it. Ma Yue is a serious general in Luoyang, and he has the confidence and strength.
Liang and Erzhou will take half of the division, if they don't have the strength to take charge of the court, the state capital with many strong soldiers in the world will be finished!
The soldiers brought stools and futons to the generals, and then whispered a few words in Ma Yue's ear and retreated. Looking at the two armies of soldiers and horses that looked like they were fighting on the plain below the mountain, Ma Yue knew that the more than 10,000 troops supporting him behind him had begun to prepare at the westernmost end of the mountain, just waiting for him to give orders.
However, there is no hurry.
The show has just begun.
The Black Mountain military camp moved, and the flags waving from here were so small that they were difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, and the large flags that were several feet high were just a small flag, and the small ant-like sergeants came out of the camp and formed a square array in front of the camp. The few horses of the Montenegrin army gathered in the middle of the big line...... Ma Yue estimated that a war like this would be impossible without Zhang Yan, and that horse team was likely to be Zhang Yan's own personal guard.
Obviously, the generals behind him also noticed the amazing horse team in the Montenegrin army, and Guo Yan asked: "General, then the Montenegrin army is a bunch of bandits, and there are so many cavalry?" The cavalry does not put the wings or hides behind the army formation, what do you do when you put it next to the commander, and the bandit leader still has a general's personal guard? ”
"Ado, don't chill people, okay?" Ma Yue listened to Guo Yan's words full of sarcasm, squinted his eyes and said, "Aren't you also from a horse bandit, why are you a thief?" You look at Wenyue, when the rebellion reaches a certain level, it will break away from some horse bandits, bandits and the like, like Zhang Yan, who has 100,000 people under his command, how can he do without a general guard? ”
Guo Yan's words were said to Dong Zhuo, but he didn't want to be intercepted by Ma Yue, scratched his head and reacted that now the boss is Ma Yue, and he responded to the promise with a smile and didn't speak again.
The Montenegrin army was obviously overpowering people with a huge infantry phalanx, and Ma Yue was about to see how the Han army could deal with it, when he saw hundreds of chariots rushing out of the yellow earth, followed by a group of foot soldiers lining up next to the chariots in an ancient battle sequence. The chariot drove in front of the formation, surrounded by twenty or thirty foot soldiers closely following and protecting the flanks and rear of the chariot, and such an extravagant chariot army formation consisted of thousands of men, located in the middle of the large array. On both wings of the chariot array were infantry phalanxes with thousands of people each, separated from the edge of the chariot array by more than 100 paces. Behind the large array, there were three cavalry teams of more than 1,000 people each.
This is the regular use of cavalry in the Central Plains, killing at a critical moment to determine the success or failure of the battle.
But...... In this situation where the enemy and us are extremely unequal, and the cavalry is pitiful, even if the Montenegrin army is defeated, this is only how much the horse team of 3,000 horsemen can expand the results, not to mention Ma Yue, the generals behind him who are used to cavalry also know in their hearts.
The cavalry, especially those without the high bridge saddle and the horses, were most afraid of being trapped in a large number of infantry formations. Horses are not people, once the galloping hooves are stopped, the cavalry on top loses its mobility and becomes a target for the infantry, whether it is a spear or a bow and crossbow, it will become the arm of the Lord of Yama, and he will die if he is hit.
The battle began, the huge infantry phalanx of the Montenegrin Army pressed up with a half-moon formation, once the Kwantung princes' coalition army could not break through from the formation, the Montenegrin Army's formation would be a big crab, and the infantry phalanx with two wings acting as pincers would swallow the entire Han army formation into the stomach to form an encirclement...... Once surrounded, there is no escape.
However, even so, the Han army's formation had not yet been revealed, only the chariots and infantry were slowly advancing forward, and the two wings were slightly behind, but no changes were made.
It is obvious that the commander of the Han army is either a fool or has enough confidence in the chariot corps in the center as the vanguard, believing that they can break through the thickest Chinese army of the Montenegrin army and directly break through the enemy's central army.
Should I say that this commander who doesn't know who is overconfident or stupid, Ma Yue doesn't know.
Ten miles away, the speed of the chariots of the Kwantung princes was a little faster, and the infantry began to walk quickly...... The two armies were already looking at each other, and at this moment, the Han army's Daxu suddenly appeared in the forward battle array, and the forward formation suddenly stopped, and the foot soldiers on both wings were still advancing at a distance of only two or three miles, but the chariots of the Chinese army were not used for assault.
Under the bright red sky, a golden-colored chariot stood out in a wood-colored chariot sequence. Ma Yue slapped his thigh sharply, pointed to the chariot and said, "I knew he was coming!" ”