Chapter 325 Goes to War
Zou Yu didn't know that he had become the evil dragon who kidnapped the princess, and began to gather the generals early the next morning to prepare for a decisive battle with Li Jiancheng.
The big war of tens of thousands, more than 100,000 people, is not so easy to do, left and right wings! Striker! Backup! Settle in! It's not like just rushing together and doing it.
Many of the people brought by Zou Yu were those who had only recently been recruited and trained by the Yin World Master, except for the 10,000 elites brought by Tongguan. Zou Yu's confidence, of course, will not be these newly recruited soldiers, because there is also Su Dingfang's team that has been defending this line.
Li Jiancheng has a large number of people, so Zou Yu decided to show weakness to the enemy and wait for him to attack! Of course, there is also the reason for arresting Li Xiuning and killing many of Li Jiancheng's subordinate generals. Although I don't know how many people have been killed, but with Luo Shixin, Pei Yuanqing and others, it is impossible for them to retreat with their whole body, and it is not normal if they don't kill a few.
Zou Yu set up a large battalion, using the simplest Tianzi shape, that is, the left and right wings, the vanguard in the front, the main battalion in the middle to support at any time, and finally, of course, the logistics and wounded soldiers' camp.
Su Dingfang's 15,000 foot soldiers, at the forefront, his task is to resist, and hold on until the time of the counterattack, of course, there are many helpers for him, the Fang family brothers, Qin Yong, Liang Shitai four generals; The left battalion was on flat ground, so 5,000 elites and 5,000 recruits were put in charge, and Xunxiang and Pei Yuanqing were in charge; The right battalion was located at the foot of the mountain, which was relatively easier to defend, so only 3,000 elites and 3,000 recruits were given to Luo Shixin.
Because this is a field battle to cross the Yellow River, the engineering equipment has not yet arrived, but now the arrow is ready to be sent and has to be sent, and Li Jiancheng has to send troops to fight hard. Fortunately, although the force of the generals under him could not compare to Zou Yu's people, he was still very confident in commanding the soldiers to fight.
The best experience in leading troops is Li Shentong, Li Shenfu and Chai Shao are about the same, but the three of them are too involved with Zou Yu, if the command is handed over to them, Li Jiancheng is really a little worried, after all, he still understands this truth.
Once the generals are carried away by anger, then they are likely to make wrong choices and judgments, which is related to the life and death of more than 100,000 people, and Li Jiancheng does not dare to be careless. And he himself did not have the ability to command so many soldiers.
There was no way, so he had to divide his troops, with Li Shenfu fighting Zou Yu's left battalion, Chai Shao fighting another battalion, and Li Shentong fighting in the middle; He acts as an intermediary to communicate the three parties.
As Li Jiancheng expected, the three parties continued to attack from the beginning, and there were a few of them as soon as the thousand-man team came out, and there was no intention of testing at all, the arrows were staggered, and people on both sides kept falling.
The sound of killing shook the sky, tens of thousands of people fought in this five-mile radius, both sides were not very well prepared, Li Jiancheng did not have siege equipment, Zou Yu did not have time to build an arrow tower, only a fence, countless horses, but these are not of great help to the foot soldiers.
This is the soldiers of the Central Plains, leather armor, shields, there is no shortage, even if there is no Zou Yu's sophistication, but there are a lot.
Mitsubishi nails were still effective at first, but after being stepped on, they were useless, after all, the people of the Central Plains were more wearing wooden straw shoes.
The so-called wooden straw shoes are made of grass and wood, plus hemp rope and some leather, which are a little harder than simple straw shoes, but they are not afraid of hard objects on the ground.
Fortunately, on Zou Yu's side, the equipment is indeed several levels, and most of the people at the forefront are elites, so not only did they withstand wave after wave of attacks, but the camp did not retreat.
The newly recruited soldiers are mixed with the old soldiers, and after a tough battle, they become a qualified soldier, Li Jiancheng and others do not know that Zou Yu's rear camp has an ambulance team of more than 300 people, and the people continue to send the injured soldiers over, and the ambulance team takes arrows, cleans, stitches, bandages, and is so busy that they don't have time to look up.
The advantages of having an ambulance team are reflected in this, even if a person is missing an arm or leg, as long as he is lifted in time, he can find a way to stop the bleeding for them, and as long as the wound does not worsen, the possibility of losing his life is not great. You must know that in the past, one out of a hundred people could survive, and it was considered good.
The stomach is opened, the intestines are stuffed in, and the sewing is up; The arm was cut off by a knife, washed directly, sprinkled with medicinal powder, and the entire wound was blocked with fish glue, which simply and rudely stopped the blood. As for whether he can survive or not, it still depends on fate.
The ambulance team is accustomed to seeing all kinds of bloody scenes, so there is no discomfort at all, and the movements of the hands have not stopped, although the movements are not gentle, the soldiers all show happy looks, even if they scream in pain. Life is guaranteed, this is the most important thing, which undoubtedly makes the soldiers have a lot less worries, not to mention that Zou Yu has always done a good job in the soldiers' pensions and follow-up arrangements.
"It's time to eat!" A group of men carried buckets of rice into the wounded barracks, and then took out a large bowl with a wooden board, just like the style of iron-plated rice in later generations, and took it out of the basket, a big bowl of sorghum rice, a wheat cake as big as a face, and a spoonful of dried meat sauce, which was the food of the wounded barracks, and a can of canned fruit and a can of dried fish for the seriously injured.
The fish, mutton, and dried meat harvested from Liaodong farms and pastures have always been given priority to the supply of the army.
Not to mention the amount of meat, at least, under Zou Yu's command, even if it is coarse grain rice, oil and gas are also very sufficient.
A group of people, after the meal is ready, is delivered to the wounded soldiers, or they are fed, such thoughtful care, so that a group of gentlemen who do not know what gentleness is, moved, of course, even more grateful to their commander. You must know that Zou Yu's policy towards the people has never been relaxed.
This is an era of extreme scarcity of materials, and at the same time, there are not so many temptations, money, food, is the biggest demand, as for entertainment, what is it?
Because there are no temptations in life, money and food are naturally very important, and everyone is relatively simple, as long as it is not related to food, there is basically no contradiction.
This is also the reason why the people support Zou Yu so much, including those Khitan, Xi people, and even the later Xue Yantuo people, because Zou Yu makes their lives better! As for the patriarch you say? Sorry, compared to the previous life, everyone knows how to choose.
During the war, life is definitely better than usual, including the people, so on Zou Yu's side, the morale has not been hit, except that because of the war, the atmosphere is tense.
On the contrary, Li Jiancheng's side attacked for a day, with 20,000 or 30,000 casualties, and the sound of wailing could be heard in the entire camp in the rear, which seriously affected morale. All the disabled soldiers lay there languishing, not knowing if they could live.
As for the food, a bowl of broth, two or three coarse grain buns, and a lot of dried wild vegetables, you must know that this is an era of extreme shortage of materials, even if the people are farming, they will collect some wild vegetables and go home, mixed in the grain, just to save a mouthful, so as to survive the difficult winter.
In the cold winter, not to mention wild vegetables, even the leaves are not much green, and the food is not enough to eat, so you can only starve to death.
For the wounded barracks, of course, Li Jiancheng did not see the desperate eyes of the soldiers, because he still had to discuss how to attack the next day.