Chapter 727: Feng An's Strategy, Fighting Formation in Front of the Army
'Knock, knock, knock, knock......' A rumbling war drum sounded in front of him, Qin Qiong looked up, and saw that the two sides of the Great Silk were rising from behind the low mountain beam of the South Lord, followed by the Great Silk was a large endless forest of weapons, that cold and forest of blades, almost wanting to reflect the cold and bright sky. Beyond that, hundreds of thousands of coalition soldiers converged into an endless wave, led by the two sides of the Great Ridge, rolling along the low mountain beams.
If it was in the past, Qin Qiong would take advantage of the instability of the enemy's formation to take the initiative to attack and defeat the enemy army from due south, but now it is different, he brought out of the camp only 20,000 soldiers, and the strength of the coalition army is several times that of his own.
What's more important is that Qin Qiong wants to hold back the main force of the coalition army and wait for Xu Shiji to cut off the opportunity to attack, at that time the coalition army will inevitably be in chaos and forced to evacuate, and then the fighter will arrive.
Qin Qiong stared at the coalition soldiers who were miles away, hundreds of thousands of troops were imposing, spread like a carpet on the vast field. From the opponent's neat lineup Qin Qiong, it can be seen that the enemy's main general is not what he imagined, the other party is a reckless figure who does not know soldiers, but an experienced general, he is steady and steady, and wants to win with superior forces, rather than taking shortcuts by surprise.
For such a general, Qin Qiong was more cautious, thinking of the information of the enemy's commander, it was already clear that it was not Meng Haigong who commanded this army, but Feng An, who had been a general of the Great Sui, this person followed Emperor Yang Guang of Sui to conquer Liaodong, and was promoted to General Zuo Wuwei for his merits. But this has also created a situation of 'the guest is strong and the host is weak', if you play a few games against Meng Haigong, then the coalition should be very exciting.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Qin Qiong's mouth, he took out a letter and handed it to a personal soldier, "Shoot this letter before the enemy army!" ”
The pro-soldiers led the order to run to the coalition formation, his war horse galloped, straight ahead, a team of more than 100 coalition cavalry greeted out, the pro-soldier opened the bow is an arrow, after shooting the arrow with the letter to the other party, turned the horse's head and returned to the formation, the coalition cavalry did not chase, some soldiers picked up the letter and ran to the Chinese army.
Qin Qiong saw it clearly, and said to the left and right: "Prepare to fight!" ”
The guards responded to the order and went to each guard to announce the order to prepare for battle.
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As Qin Qiongzhi expected, the commander of the coalition army was indeed Feng An, not that Meng Haigong didn't want to be it, but that he was okay to fight guerrillas and bully local county soldiers, but it was embarrassing for him to command hundreds of thousands of troops to fight head-on with the enemy, so it was a matter of life and death for himself, but he simply gave the command to Feng An, who had rich combat experience.
Feng Ang was very strategic and brave when he was a teenager. During the opening of the Sui Dynasty, he was appointed as the commander of Song Kang County for the merits of his ancestors. In the tenth year of the emperor's reign, Wang Zhongxuan, a native of Panyuyi, rebelled, and many leaders of various ethnic groups in the Lingnan region responded to him, so Wang Zhongxuan led an army to besiege Nanhai County. Feng An's grandmother, Madame Xian, sent her grandson Feng An's brother Feng Xuan to lead an army to the rescue, and Feng Xuan, who had always been friendly with the rebel general Chen Fozhi, deliberately stayed behind. Mrs. Xian sent people to the army to arrest Feng Xuan and imprisoned him in the state city prison; In addition, Feng Ang was sent to lead an army to defeat Chen Fozhi, and Feng Ang defeated the rebels and beheaded Chen Fozhi. Feng Ang joined forces with the forces of the Sui general Lu Yuan, and then joined forces with Murong Sanzang to attack Wang Zhongxuan, and Wang Zhongxuan's troops were defeated, so that Nanhai County was preserved. Emperor Wen of Sui was appointed as the assassin of Gaozhou because of Feng An's meritorious service in quelling the rebellion.
In the first year of Renshou, the bureaucrats of Chaozhou, Chengzhou and other five states rebelled, and Feng Ang galloped to Beijing and asked the imperial court to send troops to crusade against the bureaucrats. Emperor Wen of Sui ordered Yang Su and Feng Ang to discuss the situation of the rebellion of the wingmen, Yang Su was surprised by Feng Ang, and said, "I didn't expect there to be such a person among the barbarians!" Immediately, Emperor Wen of Sui issued an edict ordering Feng Ang to recruit troops from Jiangnan and Lingnan to attack the wingmen. After the rebellion was quelled, Emperor Wen of Sui appointed Feng Anjin Ziguanglu as a doctor and Hanyang Taishou.
In the seventh year of the Great Cause, Feng Ang followed Yang Guang to Liaodong and was promoted to the general of Zuo Wuwei for his merits. After the Jiangdu Palace Incident, he returned to his hometown to defeat Xian Baoche, Xian Zhichen and others, and once seized Lingnan. Soon, he attached himself to Lin Shihong and Xiao Milling to protect Lingnan from the flames of war. It can be seen from this that Feng Ang is not a person who lies on the merits of his ancestors and enjoys the benefits of high-ranking officials, he not only has a family background and background, but also a figure who is both civil and military, and proficient in politics.
But people who play politics are generally more cautious, and Feng Ang is the same, he knows that the Sui army is powerful in the grassland, and cleanly wiped out Li Mi, who has poisoned the Central Plains for more than ten years, and the coalition army, which is already a rabble, is afraid, and morale will not be high, and more importantly, Zhang Zhenzhou, who has been an official in the south for many years, knows the old background of the southerners very well, and he can grasp the weaknesses of the coalition army. This made Feng Ang more cautious and did not dare to attack easily, he was actually waiting for Zhang Zhenzhou to take the initiative to attack. But the battle report suddenly came from the front, saying that the Sui and Tang dynasties had reached a truce, and the Sui army in Jingzhou had signs of going south, which made Feng Ang unable to sit still, he knew that if the Sui army went south, his nest would probably be conquered by the Sui army in Jingzhou, and he had little time to kill, only by defeating the 100,000 army in front of him could he carry out the next battle plan, otherwise he would be torn to pieces by the Sui army.
Beside him, the fierce general wearing golden helmet and armor was none other than Meng Haigong, who was allied with him.
A few years ago, in order to boost the morale of his generals, Meng Haigong had officially proclaimed himself emperor, established the Great Wu Dynasty in Yongjia, and canonized his son Meng Yi as the crown prince and Meng Yi as the general. Chen Guoren, an old minister of Shen Faxing, was appointed as Situ, Sun Shihan was appointed as Sikong, Jiang Yuanchao was appointed as Shangshu Zuo, Yin Qian was appointed as Shangshu Zuocheng, and a group of Jiangnan literati from poor backgrounds were recruited as hundreds of officials.
Meng Haigong adopted the practice of cracking down on the scholars and encircling the people at the bottom, announcing the exemption of all taxes and the rectification of military discipline. But despite this, he was too poisonous to the people of Jiangnan before, and this series of actions did not eliminate the fear of the people. But for Meng Haigong, the most urgent thing was not to win back the support of the people, but to start the southern campaign that the Sui army was about to launch. At this time, Feng Ang sent his eldest son to negotiate an alliance with Meng Haigong to jointly deal with the Sui army in the south, and promised to take on all logistics and supply problems, which made Meng Haigong overjoyed, he immediately agreed to Feng An's request for an alliance, and at the same time, at Feng An's request, let his son Meng Yi and Feng An's eldest son Feng Zhijie make a blood alliance and become Jinlan brothers.
"Report." At this time, a scout flew over and said, "There are 20,000 Sui troops lined up in front of the camp. ”
Under the big bow, Feng An, who was wearing a white robe and white armor and riding a white horse, slowly raised his right hand.
Suddenly, thousands of commanders galloped towards the rear along the marching column: "The general has an order, stop advancing!" ”
"The general has an order, stop advancing!"
"The general has an order, stop advancing!"
"The general has an order, stop advancing!"
Orders were given one after another, and the hundreds of thousands of troops who were surging forward slowly stopped.
In the chaotic sound of horses' hooves, Meng Yi, Meng Yi, Jiang Shanhe, Gu Yuan, Wang Jian, Feng Zhiji, Feng Zhidai, Feng Zhiyu, Feng Zhiyu and others crowded behind Feng Ang and Meng Haigong.
"General Feng, how do you fight?" Meng Qi ghost stepped forward immediately, he was Meng Haigong's younger brother, brutal and murderous; Meng Qi ghost especially likes to abuse women, because Meng Haigong adopted the practice of severely beating the scholars and encircling the people at the bottom, so that many women of the scholar clan will be worse than death if they fall into his hands.
A smile bloomed at the corner of Feng An's mouth, and he immediately raised his right hand, and his index finger pointed lightly forward: "Da Xu's order, the whole army will attack!" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
The order of Daxu was that the whole army would attack, and Feng Ang was even exempted from a tentative attack?
"Brother Feng, no!" When Meng Haigong heard this, he immediately stopped, "The soldiers of our army have not yet gained a stable foothold, how can they rashly fight a decisive battle with the Sui army?" ”
"The ancients had a cloud of 'husband war, courage also. One blow of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion. 'The elite division is still like this, let alone our army?' Feng Ang sighed and said: "Most of the soldiers in our army are ordinary people who put down their hoes as soldiers, less than half of them have been recruited, they are not well trained, they do not go through battle formations, and military discipline is chaotic and scattered. If there is a heavy setback, morale will be low, and if the morale of the army collapses and there is a mass exodus, the consequences will be serious. Our only advantage is that there are many people, so I want to rely on the large number of people to fight him in a decisive battle, as long as we fight this battle well, the soldiers will transform into elite divisions. At that time, even if reinforcements from the Sui army arrive, we can fight against them. ”
Meng Haigong is also a very strategic person, and he immediately understood Feng An's meaning, and suddenly said: "Brother Feng is planning to train soldiers and courage in battle?" ”
"Exactly." Feng Ang nodded.
At this moment, a soldier rushed to the scene, holding a letter in his hand, and said loudly: "There is a letter from the Sui army. ”
Feng Ang took it, but it was a letter about fighting, inviting the coalition army to fight the generals, if they didn't dare to fight, the coalition army could send 20,000 troops to fight the battle.
Feng Ang said sharply: "Feng Zhiji." ”
"The end will be." Feng Zhiji hurriedly surrendered his hand.
"Qin Qiong asked me to fight, and you led 20,000 elites from your headquarters to fight, and defeated the Sui army with dignity and dignity, and severely damaged the morale of the enemy army."
Although Feng Ang had many soldiers and horses, the elite army was only more than 60,000 people, which were led by the three sons Feng Zhiji, Feng Zhidai, and Feng Zhiyu.
"The last general obeys!"
"Meng Ghost Ghost."
"The end will be."
Feng Ang ordered: "You take the 20,000 troops of your headquarters to suppress the formation for Feng Zhiji, if you win, the army will cover and kill; If there is a stalemate, or if the army is unfortunately defeated, support immediately. ”
"The last will obey."
Feng Zhiji and Meng Qi ghosts rushed out.
"The rest of the armies, in two moments, will attack the Sui army camp." Looking at the Sui army camp in front of him, Feng Ang gave a battle order.
"Brother Feng's plan is to attract the enemy's elite in front of the camp first, and then take the opportunity to attack the camp?" Meng Haigong praised.
Feng Ang sneered and said, "A fair duel, that is the traditional way of fighting of the Turks, the two sides agree on the number of people, place and time, and no matter whether they win or lose, they are not allowed to support." Qin Qiong fought many battles with the Turks and obviously understood this style of fighting. But since ancient times, soldiers have not tired of deceit, and when they fight against foreign enemies, how can they say that they are fair to fight? As long as Zhiji and Meng Xiandi contain him in front of the camp, the Sui army in the camp will have some concerns, and the catapults and crossbow arrows will not dare to vent to their heart's content, which will greatly reduce the difficulty of our army breaking the camp. ”
"Brother Feng is resourceful, and the younger brother is not as good as him." Meng Haigong was impressed.
"Brother Meng Xian, let's climb up and watch the battle." Feng Ang pointed to a tall well in front of him.
"Haha, Brother Feng, please."
"Please."
The two of them rushed forward, boarded the well that served as the commander, and watched every move ahead.
At this time, the sound of the war drums of the coalition army changed sharply, from long to excited, and in an instant, the 40,000 troops led by Feng Zhiji and Meng Qigui were like floods that broke the embankment, surging towards the front.
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In the Sui military formation, Qin Qiong and the herald were all standing on a temporary tower, taking in the allied lineup. This area is already vast, the terrain is high in the north and low in the south, and they chose to camp here because they can give full play to their advantage of standing on the upper hand, and the condescending will further give full play to the advantages of the Sui army soldiers.
Seeing that the coalition army was pressing forward and backward with twice the strength, the speed of the front army did not decrease, and the rear army slowed down the pace, he knew the sinister intentions of the other party, but his face was like water, his body was like a pine and ancient cypress, without the slightest nervousness, and the 40,000 troops in front of him seemed to be just a group of weeds in his heart.
Beside him is a handsome and handsome young general, he is Qin Qiong's eldest son Qin Huaiyu, he was born in Layue, the virtual age is fifteen years old, but in fact, at the end of the year, he will only turn fourteen after his birthday. However, he inherited Qin Qiong's good bloodline, and was deeply taught by his father, and among the second generation of nobles, he was a well-deserved first fierce general. Since last year, he has been bent on joining the army with his father, but Da Sui stipulates that only those over 15 years old can sign up and participate in the selection; So after the New Year, he couldn't wait to become his father's personal soldier. Although he is young, he has already participated in many battles to annihilate Lin Shihong, and he was promoted to a personal guard captain because of his merits, and there are five big soldiers under him, which is also Qin Qiong saw that he was too young and wanted to suppress him, if he was promoted according to his merits, it would be more than enough to be a regular captain.
Seeing that the coalition army violated the rules and marched in a big way, Qin Huaiyu was immediately furious: "Just a rebel, dare to be so arrogant." ”
Qin Huaiyu, as the first general in the second generation of Sui, Yang Tong also praised him many times, he was young and arrogant, extremely conceited, and seeing that the coalition soldiers not only violated the rules, but also went straight forward with great momentum, it was impossible for him not to be angry.
"In the battle formation, the enemy and the enemy use everything to the extreme, all means, all methods, but there are no rules, only no fairness. If you believe that there are fairs and rules in war, then you lose. ”
After teaching his son a lesson, Qin Qiong Huoran looked back and said to the herald: "Go down with the order, let the Mo sword formation attack, and the cavalry will respond." ”
"Whoa."
The herald immediately gave the order for the Modao Army to attack. In an instant, the Mo Dao Formation composed of 10,000 elites faced the rebel vanguard-for-tat.
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Feng Zhiji stared at the battle formation of the Sui army, very suspicious in his heart, and his brows were furrowed. It was only because the Sui army came in an unusual way, generally with the crossbowmen in front and the sword and shield soldiers in the center, or in reverse, followed by pikemen and cavalry; However, the Sui army was cavalry in front, heavy infantry in the middle, and crossbow soldiers in the rear, this kind of formation method was really unheard of and unseen. My heart is full of desire/desire to solve the mystery.
"The whole army presses up, and the archers release arrows to cover."
With Feng Zhiji's order, the drums of the offensive battle of 'Dong Dong Dong' soared into the sky, and 20,000 Lingnan soldiers shouted and launched an offensive. The sword and shield soldiers of the main battle covered the pikemen, and they killed the Sui army as fast as a storm.
The crossbowmen deployed in front were all composed of wingmen, because they were located in a place close to mountains and rivers, and archery was their strong point, and in archery, they were not inferior to the steppe peoples.
With Feng Zhiji's order, five thousand archers stretched their bows, set up arrows, pulled the strings and then let go, and the five thousand feather arrows quickly converged into a dense dark cloud in the air, and the arrow rain crossed arcs in the air, like endless raindrops overwhelmingly pressing towards the Sui army's formation, dense and strong.
Before the rain of arrows fell, the three thousand cavalry deployed in front of the Sui army had been separated to both sides, revealing the three thousand heavily armored Mo sword soldiers behind, and the three thousand heavy armored Mo sword soldiers were shoulder to shoulder, making a unified action, they lowered their heads, and greeted the rainstorm of arrows with the brim of their helmets, and the Mo knives in their hands brushed horizontally, calmly facing the overwhelming rebels. The glittering Mo knife is like a lion with a big mouth open, waiting for the little lamb to send it to the door by itself.
The armor on the Mo Dao Hand is completely different from before, the outside is a plate armor made of two large iron plates, like a hard turtle shell, the inside is the fish scale armor, the front of the helmet is a long brim, and the arrow rain like a flying locust stung on the plate armor and helmet of the Mo Dao Hand, making a crisp sound of "clanging", and it was bounced away without exception.
After three rounds of arrow rain, the forwards of the two armies were already intertwined in front of the formation.
"Hah!"
With an earth-shattering roar, a Mo knife slashed out against the charging rebels. The movements of the three thousand people were uniform, and the snow-bright sword light was like a round of moonlight rising from the ground, dazzling and murderous.
The sword flashed and blood burst out, and thousands of rebel soldiers turned on their backs, or their arms were cut off, or their heads were cut off, or their blades were broken, and corpses suddenly piled up in front of Mo Dao's hand.
Although wave after wave of rebels came like a stormy wave, these 3,000 Mo sword soldiers were like a reef in the sea, allowing the enemy to attack, but they did not move, and after several rounds of slashing. The Mo sword soldiers began to take the initiative to attack, their tall bodies covered under the heavy iron armor, their steps were firm, and every time the long knives in their hands were swung, the rebels screamed and tore apart, and they fell to death on the spot.
They are indifferent to the rebels in front of them, and they advance like a wall, and if they take a step forward, they will be shattered and broken.
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