115 returned with a great victory, sealing the general's harvest
At this time, Cheng Jun, the guard on the front line, rushed to meet his new boss.
When everyone inspected the situation at the top of a slope, Cheng Jun made a report.
Li Liang arranged for him to retreat in batches, and at the same time announced to the army that reinforcements had arrived, and exaggerated it to 300,000 troops, commanded by the two generals, Wang Jian and Li Liang.
Cheng Jun was dumbfounded.
Even if the soldiers are not tired of cheating, they are always deceived by the enemy, and it is indeed rare for them to deceive even their own people, but they have to admit that it is a wonderful way to stabilize the morale of the army.
By dawn, Li Liang had sent nearly 30,000 people away, leaving only 120,000 of the more elite troops to guard the front line of the high base and deep ditch.
It is dark clouds covering the sky at night, but the clouds are dense and rainless, which is the most conducive to sneak attacks.
The enemy gathered a large number of chariots, horses and infantry, arranged a chariot formation, set up thousands of trebuchets, and attacked in a big way, setting up ambushes in the dense forest on the left, and a large number of soldiers in the Yellow River behind were ready to cross the river and raid.
The opponent formed a formation, Li Liang seized the opportunity to first arrange a fire attack, and broke the opponent's most mobile cavalry ambushed in the dense forest; He also sent Jing Jun to lead the army to ambush the enemy army who crossed the river at night. It is used to disrupt the opponent's dumpling-making tactics.
Cheng Jun's spirit was too high, and his confidence in Li Liang increased sharply, while the enemy panicked.
The Qin army was brave and elite, and immediately scattered the enemy's vanguard as soon as it made contact, killing the opponent to abandon the chariot and flee, and the most important thing for the enemy was that their stone carriers and catapults became their own barriers, so that the archers could approach the opponent's chariot formation and make long-range attacks on the enemy who was not in a stable position.
The drums of war are back.
The archers of the Qin army swarmed out at this time to meet the retreat of their own cavalry back to the camp. Leaving behind stone carts and chariots still burning, the first wave of the enemy's offensive was disintegrated.
At this time, the dense forest on the right was all sunk into the raging flames, illuminating the entire battlefield as red as fire.
After the enemy retreats. The 50,000 or 60,000 enemy troops in the midfield, under the cover of the arrow blocking vehicles, the wood carts, and the guard vehicles, attacked from the left, right, and center to launch a second wave of attack.
The offensive and defensive battles were carried out in such thrilling conditions.
The wounded were constantly being carried out of the camp, and when the second line of defense was about to be lost, it was dawn and the enemy was exhausted. I had to retreat.
Then came good news from the rear, and Jing Jun launched a fierce attack when the enemy built a pontoon bridge to cross the river. The destruction of the pontoon bridge also caused the other side to lose nearly 10,000 people.
When the Qin army heard the news, their morale was immediately boosted.
Li Liang knew that the time had come, and was ready to "lose away" and ordered to withdraw in batches. But not forgetting to bluff. Don't let the enemy see through your intentions.
Just after breakfast, the enemy launched another attack, apparently not yet aware of the heavy losses suffered by the river crossing soldiers.
By dusk, the second line of defense had finally been breached, and the time for a full-scale retreat had finally arrived.
Li Liang was the last to leave, and the entire camp was caught in flames, and it spread to the nearby hills, making it difficult for the enemy to pursue. There are only such treacherous mountains. This is a means to block the pursuers.
The joint column army really hit the plan and chased after him.
Li Liang held the second line of the western passage and held back the joint column army for five days. After the army retreated to safety, the camp was burned and fled, and the roads were covered with traps and stakes along the way, teaching the enemy to ride fast and it was difficult to chase at full speed.
After several engagements, they all feigned defeat and retreated, and when they retreated back to Yucheng, Li Liang knew that the victory was in his hands.
Huan Qi went out of the city thirty miles to meet them.
At this time, the cavalry team, which originally consisted of 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 quick reinforcements, only had about 20,000 people left, which shows the fierceness of the chase along the way.
Leaving the mountainous area, setting foot in the vast plain to the east of Yucheng, surrounded by cymbals, the Weishui section of the Yellow River flows from the unitary to the east fifty miles away in the north, because of the heavy mountains, unless you climb to a high place, you can not see the magnificent scene of the big river rushing turbulently.
From Hangu Pass to the north, there is a distance of 300 miles.
The army marched towards the city, and the fortifications along the way were fully worked, and all the commanding heights were equipped with fortresses made of earth and stone.
Li Liang said with satisfaction: "Xiao Qi really has the ability, just looking at the formation shown here, it is enough to teach Pang Zhan's heart to break." ”
Huan Qi was appreciated by him, and said happily: "The general was born and died on the front line, how can I hide here and only enjoy the blessings, now Yucheng has joined the withdrawn army, with a total strength of 150,000 people, everyone is recuperating, and he knows that the general himself is behind the palace, so that they can reach Yucheng safely, and he knows that the general aims to lure the enemy to the west, so that the enemy will become a tired army and Ran Yu will be beaten, so now everyone is gearing up to serve the general. ”
The crowd laughed.
Huan Qi greeted Zhou Liang behind Li Liang and praised: "Brother Zhou has made a great contribution today, and now everyone in the army calls you the Eagle God, as long as they see you, no one will worry about the enemy to surprise you." ”
Zhou Liang smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth, touched the Eagle King on his shoulder, and was modest.
While talking and laughing, Li Liang and the others crossed the moat and entered the city through the lowered suspension bridge.
That scene immediately startled Li Liang and them.
The soldiers and civilians in the city all flocked to the side of the main street, cheering and cheering in the middle of the road. It's as if they've already won a triumphant victory, but in fact the real battle hasn't happened yet.
It was only three days later that the vanguard of the Combined Column Army reached the area east of the Yucheng Plain.
Huan Qi took advantage of the weakness of their fatigue and lack of familiarity with the terrain, attacked them day and night, and set fire to the camp to burn food, and the army was forced to retreat for more than 20 miles before it gained a firm foothold, but it had already lost nearly 10,000 people, and the blow to morale was particularly serious.
Li Liang and the others took this opportunity to gain space to rest and recover, and rehearsed the formation outside the city all day long.
Li Liang arranged the "crab" formation that was most conducive to playing in such a closed environment, that is, the "surprise army" that did not concentrate the troops on the front as a "regular army" according to the convention, but concentrated the troops on the two flanks to launch an attack.
Since they were fighting behind the city, the "regular soldiers" could increase their defenses with the help of trebuchets on high walls and condescending crossbow arrows, so they were not afraid of the enemy's main frontal attack.
The odd soldiers on both flanks are mainly composed of the most elite cavalry and the two cavalry of quick reinforcements, and their thick-backed broadswords are most suitable for this kind of charging and chopping task.
When the enemy came west, the path was full of rocks, and the heavy siege engines and trebuchets had to be abandoned on the way. Reduced the threat of containment to the Qin army. At present, the only favorable conditions for the combined column army are the superior numbers.
Now that it is autumn, if the army cannot break through the city before the harsh winter comes. is about to fall into the dilemma of the frozen snow cover, and the whole army will be annihilated at every turn, so Li Liang is not worried that they will build a fortress and hold on.
Therefore, as long as Li Liang is willing to go out of the city to fight, Pang Zhan and the others will only thank God, hoping for a quick victory.
Ten days later, the army advanced again into the city, and slowly poured into the plain that was fifty miles wide beyond the city. They set up camps and tents in the mountainous areas on the edges, and formed defensive fences with chariots.
Li Liang ordered to stop all attacks that disturbed the enemy and let the enemy gain a firm foothold.
But the atmosphere of the coming big war. But it tightened the nerves of everyone on both sides of the enemy.
Three days later, all the forces of the Five Nations Coalition arrived.
The generals looked at the grandeur of the opponent's army, and they all sighed with emotion.
Li Liang knew that the other party was tired from afar, so he pretended to be tough.
Arrange for Jing Jun to lead the army. Destiny Huan Qi as an auxiliary wing.
The two men each led a troop of 20,000 men mixed with catapults. Cross the plains and storm the enemy lines.
Li Liang and Teng Yi led the army into battle, so as to cover their retreat if necessary.
The battle lasted until dusk, and several enemy camps were broken before the troops were collected and returned to the city.
Next, the coalition forces attacked the city, but Li Liang held on to it until the enemy was exhausted and retreated. Only then did they pour out of the nest and set up an earlier formation outside the city.
Although the combined column army was unwilling to fight at this time. However, because he didn't want to let go of the opportunity to fight, and was even more afraid of the impact on the Qin army, he also dispatched all of them and set up a battle formation on the other side of the plain.
Li Liang and Teng Yi climbed onto a small hill of the Chinese army to observe the enemy's arrangement.
At this time, the morning sun rises from Shushan Mountain, and under the sun, the weapons and armor of both sides of the enemy and the enemy are shining brightly, and a little essence is spreading, spreading over the plains on both sides, filling the atmosphere of a great war that is about to break out.
The strength of the combined column army was significantly reduced, only about 400,000 people, divided into five large formations.
The strength of the troops is mainly concentrated in the center, mainly infantry, the front is all chariots, the rear is cavalry, and the front, middle and rear three formations.
To the left and right were fast cavalry.
The infantry in the center is divided into nine small formations according to the type of troops, the first three formations are shield soldiers and light infantry, and the other six formations are heavy infantry attacking the main force, each formation reaches 20,000 people, and is divided into crossbows, guns, swords, shields, horses, spears, halberds and other long-range defensive or offensive weapons. The size of each team's occupation and the distance between each other are all familiar with the laws and regulations of a certain battle formation, and they are by no means a rabble.
Teng Yi sighed: "Although the national division is leading the troops for the first time, it is indeed clever to anticipate the enemy like a god every time, avoiding the main force in the center of the enemy as if it were in front of him, and placing heavy troops on both flanks. Even if Pang Zhan knows that it is not appropriate, it is difficult to change the formation. What's more, he didn't know that each of our cavalry had a thick-backed broadsword, which guaranteed that the cavalry fighting with swords on both wings of the opponent would suffer a great loss. ”
The enemy's battle drums suddenly roared into the sky, and the nearly 3,000 chariots assembled in the front, followed by the infantry, shouted and began to advance.
The Eagle King on Zhou Liang's shoulders was also infected with the atmosphere of fierce and dangerous soldiers, and flapped his wings and whispered.
Li Liang gave the order to hold on, the drums sounded, and the messengers informed Huan Qi and Jing Jun on both wings with banners.
Just as they were about to enter the firing range, three thousand chariots coming in six rows suddenly accelerated in the first two rows and rushed forward.
In addition to the master and a chariot soldier, each chariot was accompanied by a group of chariot infantry, each with its own duties.
The chariot soldiers are equipped with bows, crossbows, spears, halberds and other weapons, and use bows and crossbows when they are far away from the enemy, and spears and halberds are used to fight in close combat, while the chariot infantry follows the chariot closely and closely cooperates with the chariot to cover each other and respond to each other to expand the lethality and defense.
Because they did not need to walk, the chariot guards and warriors wore heavy helmets and armor, and were not afraid of ordinary arrows, and the same was true for war horses. If they are given to rush into the formation, the battle formation will no longer be able to remain intact, and if the opponent's reinforcements continue to attack, the undefeated will be scarce.
For a while, the drums on both sides shouted, the arrows flew each other, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
The cavalry on each of the enemy's flanks was divided into 10,000 men to cover the two flanks of the center.
The war finally began.
Li Liang waited for the opponent to be completely in range before ordering the trebuchet in the city to launch.
From time to time, boulders were thrown at the enemy's rushing chariots.
The people overturned on their backs, and nearly 100 chariots still rushed closer.
Li Liang gave an order, and the tide of the Qin army on the front line receded, revealing countless deep pits in the rear.
Arrows rained down on the city, and the foot soldiers who had lost the cover of their chariots fell to the ground.
At this time, the enemy's cavalry on both flanks arrived.
Li Liang played the banner again, and the cavalry on the left and right flanks came out, everyone was armed with a big sword, and the enemy cavalry with a sword was cut and chopped to a crush, and the people turned over on their backs, embarrassed.
The Qin army's iron cavalry has always been superior to the eastern soldiers, and now with the new weapons that are the most convenient for attacking, they are even more unstoppable.
After smashing the enemy's first offensive, Li Liang's army began to advance, advancing hundreds of paces towards the enemy's chariot infantry in the second round, and then forming a formation to attack the enemy from a distance with trebuchets and arrows.
At this time, the enemy's cavalry on both flanks was defeated in disarray, and the enemy's central army was afraid of losing the cover of both flanks and falling into the dilemma of being attacked on three sides, so they hurriedly retreated.
Unbeknownst to him, although the chariot was unstoppable when it rushed forward, it did not rotate flexibly, and nearly half of the chariot collided with each other in a hurry, which was extremely chaotic.
It is no wonder that the combined army, who could have estimated that the cavalry on both flanks would be defeated so quickly and so badly.
Li Liang knew that the time had come, and then gave the order for an all-out attack.
First of all, the left and right cavalry armies of Huan Qi and Jing Jun were 20,000 men each, biting the tail of the enemy's defeated army and killing them from both wings, and then the 60,000 infantry on both wings followed the cavalry and advanced to the enemy formation from both sides.
Li Liang's Central Army, composed of 40,000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry, and 1,000 Wujia disciples, also began to attack the enemy's retreating Chinese army, killing the enemy's corpses all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river, which was extremely tragic.
When the cavalry on both wings broke into the enemy's formation with a thunderous force, the combined column army immediately panicked, and the chaos expanded like a wave, affecting the whole situation.
Pang Zhan also knew that something was wrong, beat the drum and sounded the trumpet, and ordered the whole army to continue to advance against the enemy, but it had changed from active to passive.
When the Hezong army was able to resist the Qin army, Li Liang and a thousand Wujia disciples flew out and defeated the most powerful Chinese army of the Hezong army like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.
At this time, the defeat of the combined column army has been completed, even if Sun Wu is resurrected, Bai Qi returns, it is difficult to recover the defeat, only half an hour, the Chu army retreated first, this move immediately made the combined column army into a split trend, the formation is chaotic.
The combined army abandoned their weapons and armor and fled, and there was no longer the strength to resist.
The Qin army pursued for more than 20 miles, killing 80,000 enemies and capturing more than 20,000 people.
The Five Kingdoms attacked Qin together, and they had never tried such a fiasco.
That night, Li Liang camped in the mountains, preparing to pursue the enemy tomorrow after recuperating his spirits, so as to recover all the lost territory.
In the early morning of the next day, while sending the prisoners to Yucheng, he pursued the enemy again.
On the way, although Pang Zhan reintegrated the column, due to the lack of morale and the shortage of weapons and food, he was completely repulsed in less than three days. Li Liang drove straight forward and recaptured Hangu Pass with a momentum like a broken bamboo, shattering the dream of the five eastern countries to join forces to resist Qin.
After the winter, Ying Zheng sent a special envoy to read the holy edict signed by Ying Zheng and Zhu Ji, and Li Liangce was named a general, and the other generals were all added to the rank of general, Huan Qi and Cheng were promoted to generals at the same time, Teng Jing and the two were also promoted to the rank of generals, Zhou Liang was promoted to deputy general, and everyone else was rewarded for meritorious deeds, and the soldiers were given three times the salary, and they were all very happy.
In addition to Cheng Jun staying in Hangu, Li Liang and others were recalled to Xian-Yang to report on their work.
This battle made Li Liang famous all over the world, especially above Wang Zhanmeng, and Wang Jian was listed as the two new tiger generals of Western Qin.
"Promote (founding) general and start the inheritance of faith."
What kind of belief inheritance is this, the system has not explained in detail, and Li Liang still can't figure it out.
In addition, Li Liang's biggest gain is that the system notification has obtained the identity of 1 era protagonist (edge), 5 world protagonists and nearly one million causal energy. (To be continued......)