Chapter Ninety-Two: The Battle
"This river head Ping Han King, very ancient." Ma Yue smiled and rolled up the battle book, wrote down the word 'promise' and threw it to the messenger, and sent someone to eat and drink well, and then sent someone to gather various confidential figures to discuss the battle strategy. At the same time, the machines in various places under Ma Yue's rule also ran rapidly, and a series of preparatory measures such as laying out the list to calm the people, recruiting troops to defend the city, selecting conscription troops, and exploring the terrain were conveyed.
The first to scoff at this was Yang Feng, the newlywed Yan'er, who sat cross-legged in front of the desk and said: "What era is it, and the two armies are still engaged in the pre-Qin period, why should the lord agree to come down, it is better to set up an ambush and wait for him to attack, or more simply, I will lead the ghost department to stab him to death directly at night!" ”
The ghost department is Yang Feng's meticulous scout troops, although there are only more than 100 people, but they are all good men in the cool land who are skilled in arches and horses, and they barely squeeze out more than 100 sets of light armor and fast horses, and the bow and arrow on their backs are a bit overkill when the scouts are galloping.
"It doesn't matter, if he dares to fight with me, then he will fight." Ma Yue is confident, his earliest contact with military thought is the military strategy of the Warring States Period, even if it is a new war that does not pay attention to morality, it still draws on ancient military thought, he has absolute confidence in this, besides, in ancient times, the two armies faced each other to fight between the two sides, and the battle was fought before the general...... In terms of military strength, he is not as good as Song Jian, but he is a fighting general, sitting on Guan Yu, Ma Chao, Yan Xing, Xu Huang and other fierce generals, it is really rare to be able to fight him in this world! "Ma play, you will lead the army commander to the west to assist the eldest brother to garrison Han Sui, Brother Dong, how many soldiers and horses do you have in the south?"
Dong Zhuo scratched his head, frowned and thought for a while and said: "I have recruited more than 6,000 miscellaneous soldiers there, and I can use it if I make do with it, but it is not very useful, so let's give you the 700 Flying Bear Army led by Guo Aduo for my brother, and then add 2,300 steps to ride for you, and make up for 3,000, how about it?" ”
Ma Yue's eyes widened when he heard this, the most elite Flying Bear Army under Dong Zhuo was a northern soldier who went out, known as the ace army with one enemy and five to fight with Dong Zhuo in the south, this time Dong Zhuo supported himself but out of blood, where was he still dissatisfied, and clapped his hands and said: "Okay!" Big brother and second brother, how many people can you give me at home? ”
Ma Teng smiled and waved his hand: "Don't you know the foundation between me and your second brother?" You can rest assured to go against Song Jian, I will leave 800 people to guard the house, and the second child will take Yang Qiu to lead the candidate to lead 5,000 troops to help you, how about it? ”
"Thank you, brother." Ma Yue gave up his hand and didn't talk much, and there were only 6,000 soldiers and horses at home, whether it was a horse farm or a herdsman, and this time he took out 5,000 soldiers and horses, which was a gamble.
In fact, the generals of Liangdi were not very nervous about this war with Song Jian, although Song Jian claimed to be 60,000 soldiers and horses, but in their hearts, the number of troops was at most 30,000, and they had to count the miscellaneous soldiers.
How many regular troops are there under Ma Yue?
He is directly related to the more than 1,000 armored army, and then reluctantly adds more than 100 people from Yang Fenggang to establish the ghost department. As for the generals of the various departments, the geography of Beidi County is special and supports the military households of the whole county. There are only more than 2,000 people playing with horses and more than 1,000 horse bandits from Li Zhan, and the rest of the people's subordinates are scattered together, and there are more than 6,000 regular troops. In the land of Song Jian's two counties, there are still 60,000 troops, can he afford to raise them?
It's hard to say whether the entire Liangzhou can raise 60,000 standing troops!
After some instigation, the Flying Bear Army, the Armored Army, and the Zhangjiachuan Department of soldiers and horses were combined, and a total of 24,000 soldiers and horses were sent out to ride in Mayue, of which 10,000 were used as civilian husbands to transport heavy grain and grass. Among the more than 10,000 troops, 2,000 are armored and ironclad soldiers...... Seven hundred flying bears.
Together, Ma Yue couldn't help but be embarrassed, and the most majestic was the 700 flying bear army led by Guo Yan, each wearing armor and being strong. As for his so-called 'armoured army', they are nothing more than everyone in leather armor and riding healthy horses. More are wearing cloth armor and holding iron spears, and they are considered old leather after experiencing battle formations, and they are led by their respective generals.
The endless grain road gathers from all over Hanyang to Longxian, and then is transported to Jixian County by the people's shoulders as a granary.
A Qiang people in Ji County, who were under the command of Han Sui, wanted to hide in Ji County before the arrival of the army, but the county lieutenant of Ji County ordered the city gate to be closed and not allowed to enter, fearing that it would affect the pond fish, so they had to retreat all the way west and let go of the city. When the army arrived, under the leadership of the Jiang clan of the Wang clan, the local wealthy families all met the king, and the county officially changed hands at this time.
This road is coordinated with horses, but also to take into account the rear grain road, a walk is more than ten days, when the army turns over and jumps over the ridge near Rongqiu, forty miles south only to see the military camp seat, the camp is built with rules, during which the flag is raised together, and the prestige of the army can be observed.
Ma Yue immediately selected the superior garrison and ordered the sergeants to set up three camps each twenty miles apart, each of which was a horn of each other, with 5,000 soldiers and horses on the left wing led by Li Dao and Yang Qiu, and the right wing of 5,000 soldiers and horses led by Guan Yu and Xu Huang, while the Chinese army was led by Ma Yue personally led by Ma Chao, Yan Xing and Guo Yan to supervise the Armored Army and the Flying Bear Army. Buried in the pot at night, Yang Feng led the scouts to explore the terrain left and right, and after breakfast the next morning, the two armies set up a position ten miles away from each other in the south of Rongqiu, and the strong attack crossbow suppressed the position, and the atmosphere of slaughter suddenly rose.
The so-called suppression of the position is to adjust the military formation to 50 steps outside the crossbowman shooting formation, covering the enemy's army and stabilizing the morale of the army while defending the enemy's imminent attack.
Standing on the chariot, Ma Yue stands out on the battlefield, taking in the surrounding situation, Song Jian adopted the formation of a ring, the Qiang cavalry surrounds the large formation of the infantry army, among which the bows and crossbows are numerous, the army is overwhelming, and it is not empty to see at least 30,000 soldiers and horses from a distance. On the side of Ma Yue is a phalanx, surrounded by crossbowmen, cavalry covering both wings, spears, swords and shields interspersed between archers to resist the impact of enemy cavalry and infantry, in the ring garrison, hiding Ma Yue's most elite more than 1,000 armored troops and 700 flying bear army, they are Ma Yue's strange soldiers!
The formation was set, the golden drums and flags were ready, Ma Yue galloped out, followed by Ma Chao who was carrying the big silk and ran towards the center, and Song Jian's side was also average, just like that, Ma Yue saw the king of Heshou Pinghan, who had rebelled in Liangzhou for 30 years in history.
Ma Yue is completely in line with the image of a 'hero' in the eyes of the other party, and Song Jian is still the same as when the Qiang people played martial arts. Dong Zhuo has long said that the battlefield is a magical place, which can make old friends become enemies, not to mention that Ma Yue and Song Jian are not old friends, and there is no sense of sympathy when the two meet, the cool breeze blows, Song Jian arches his hand and says: "Fight the generals first, and then fight the formation, how about it?" ”
Ma Yue returned the salute, nodded silently, and turned the horse back to the camp, while Ma Chao took advantage of Song Jian's failure to return to the formation and was already galloping on the battlefield with Da Xu, and suddenly roared: "Liangzhou Ma Chao is here, who dares to fight with Ma Meng!" ”
Real men, are growing up in the war, Ma Yue is no exception, in the early years has been with Han Sui hard to fight more than ten battles, although more than one loss and less defeat, but in the land of Liangzhou still won the great brave name, this self-reported home stunned is to make the enemy formation a commotion, just when the enemy has not reacted, Ma Chao has already smashed the horse word into the ground, straight to the crack of the land, the probe lifted the iron spear from the side of the horse and shouted again: "Liangzhou Ma Mengqi is here, who can fight with a certain battle!" ”
Ma Chao needs to become famous, just like his third uncle.
A burst of martial arts, there was a commotion in the enemy's formation, a Qiang man stabbed his horse, Ma Chao saw the opponent to the end, but also in this situation of tens of thousands of people to look at the excitement very much, holding the iron spear to meet up, when the wrong body passed by, with a horse Banqiao dodged a horizontal slash, the wrong horse at the moment leaned back to reach out, the iron spear like a poisonous snake spit out the letter and stabbed away.
Wrong horse.
After a brief silence, the enemy Qiang man fell from his horse with his chest clutched, and with a wave of his hand, his own retinue took off his steed and saber for him.
"The major general is mighty!"
Needless to say, Ma Chao picked the enemy general with a gun in one round, and his morale soared, and in the midst of the overwhelming cheers, the Qiang people sent a second Qiang knight to run.
This time, Ma Chao didn't even bother to shout, and the spear between his legs and the horse's belly was stabbing the opponent's heart, and in another round, the enemy would plant the horse again.
Then, Song Jian sent three more generals, but they were all ordinary people with ordinary martial arts, Ma Chao was more and more majestic, the longest one was only four rounds of fighting with Ma Chao, and he was grabbed by Ma Chao, who was tall and arm-long, and grabbed the weapon from the horse, so that this brute force was smashed to the ground, and he fell and was captured by the attendant without knowing whether he was alive or dead.
The death of every samurai means that even if his cavalry does not die on the battlefield by chance, no one will give them any compensation when the war is over, because their master is dead, and many people continue to fight with a mentality of revenge for the Lord. But many more people will not be able to be redeemed after the death of the Lord, and can only wait in fear for the soldiers who are stabbed in the chest.
Song Jian didn't even die, but he was not discouraged. Ma Yue looked down on his expression three miles away, but Ma Yue felt that this king of Heshou Ping Han did not admit defeat so simply, and then sure enough, Ma Yue saw that he assigned a member to kill the galloping horse.
This person obviously felt that it was different from the previous five, Ma Chao picked five generals on the opposite side in a row, which greatly boosted his morale for a while, the soldiers shouted and killed the sky, and Ma Zong was even shirtless and personally beat the drum to cheer. For Ma Chao, this is simply the ultimate of his martial arts career!
And the enemy's horseman rushed out, which immediately greatly boosted the originally low morale, only to see this plagiarized general dressed in iron armor and sun, full of flesh and wielding a long-handled ring knife, majestically steered a green horse into the battlefield, raised the knife and pointed at the martial arts Ma Chao shouted: "The general of the head of the river has been down, and the Han dog is dead!" ”
Ma Yue watched this majestic Hu man holding a long-handled ring knife of dozens of catties and playing with a knife to kill Ma Chao, and his heart was tight at the moment, so he grabbed Guan Yu's arm next to him and said: "Yun Chang, for Chao'er, if there is a mistake, you must save the young general!" ”
Guan Yu looked at the face of the general named Heshou who had sunk like water, nodded heavily, and rushed to the front of the battle with a knife face.
The sound of gold and stone reverberated through the battlefield, and Ma Chao's iron spear was colliding with the ring knife that had been lowered!