Chapter 373: The Battle of the Shangdang from the Perspective of a Soldier (Part II)
From Qian Jing's own point of view, the Tuntian army was usually engaged in farm work, hunting, and work, all of which were organized to a certain extent.
At first, everyone mostly did their own thing, but then they all helped each other. For example, I borrow my farm tools, and you help me pick up water a few times.
Later, it was already a merger of land, cooperative production, and division of labor. Although the degree is different, there are some differences between different people, but in general, the tacit understanding is very high.
The same is true for training before the battle, and we attach great importance to team formation and division of labor. But the Yuan army was always stupid, the military officials would only give orders, and the soldiers were required not to do anything other than orders.
Occasionally, when they were in a hurry, the brave warriors of the Yuan army would rush into battle, while more would abandon their companions and flee.
He also said that the reason may not be clear, but that is what it means. In fact, when he was in exile in the past, he never had any collective consciousness, and when he came to Tuntian Army, he really saw another way of doing things. So the perception is particularly profound.
Xie Zhao's eyes trembled slightly, obviously touching what Qian Jing said.
What happened to her was related to the military and civilian tun, and she used to think that tuntian was just a way of farming, and there was nothing else special. Later, I realized that this new collective has a special warmth and charm.
Qian Jing's reaction was slightly sluggish, and he didn't notice any change in Xie Zhao's feelings.
He was not to blame, because even though the girl opposite was emotionally fluctuating, her appearance still maintained a kind of tranquility, which made it easier for people's attention to her posture and pen and paper.
One evening, the scouts and the officers suddenly heard good news.
That night we had a mobilization meeting for combat. This kind of meeting was unheard of outside the Xinxi Liang Army, but both the Dreadnought Army and the Tuntian Army did this preparation for a larger battle.
It turned out that Xu Huang had stirred up tens of thousands of people behind the enemy army, and even the baggage was captured by them. The remaining enemies also retreated back to the city, unable to support Jiang Yiqu who was in front.
Soon, the army made the final mobilization for the big battle, and everyone was fully prepared before the battle.
Archers have to find ways to keep their bows, bowstrings, and arrows dry, and they have to spend a lot of time cleaning their blades from their breech-fighting comrades.
In the cold night and early morning, everyone's fingers were already numb from the cold, but they still had to grope for their armor. The archers of the Tuntian Army were equipped with two-stop armor for front and rear protection, and also had a small shield on their arms, which was specially used by the archers to cover their arrows and guard against knife slashing.
The logistics department of the Tuntian army rested less than the soldiers who went into battle, and in the cold wind, they or they prepared hot stewed meat, as well as cured jerky that was easy to carry.
The craftsmen were also busy all the time at night, preparing the weapons and instruments of their comrades.
Listening to the discussions of his comrades-in-arms, this time it was by no means a small-scale battle before, but a complete annihilation of Jiang Yiqu.
The Yuan army on the opposite side also gathered tens of thousands of troops, and the remaining generals who were more capable of fighting came to the scene. But they can only be the prey of General Zhenbei!
As the earth-shattering horn sounded, the Dreadnought Army and the Tuntian Army took the lead in attacking, and the rest of the armed forces also rushed to take the lead. The enemy's momentum was completely suppressed by our troops.
When the main force of the infantry engaged the enemy fiercely, our archers grabbed both flanks and constantly fired arrows at Yuan's army.
As the enemy formed a dense formation, each round of fire became more deadly, and the loosened bowstring buzzed like a gadfly, flying towards the target with a thirst for blood, and sharp arrows pierced the enemy's barely defended body.
When the arrows were finished, they took up the ring-headed knives, daggers, fathers and sons, and hammers, which were used as tools even as weapons, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with their wounded opponents.
When the fighting was at its fiercest, the horns and war drums of the enemy, which were not under our army, came to an abrupt end. This change affected almost everyone on the battlefield, and the more we fought, the more courageous we were, but the enemy was distracted by what was happening in the rear.
After a while, some of the enemy slipped away, and one of them could even be heard shouting: "The eldest prince has been defeated." ”
Driven by some people from the Dreadnought Army, our army shouted in unison: "Yuan Tan has been defeated!" ”
Our neat shouts intensified the enemy's panic and rout.
Later, I learned that it was Xu Huang and Zhang Fang who led 500 warriors to raid the rear and flanks of the enemy, and it was in the area where the enemy was almost defenseless, which had this shocking effect.
Since our archers moved from the front to the flank of the whole army after the engagement, it was easy to disperse the rout of the enemy, rush to the flank of the enemy in the middle of the army, and complete the encirclement.
Some of the enemies fought to the death, some of us fired arrows, some of us fought people, and almost everyone had a capture in just half a column of incense.
Under such massacres, most of the enemy ran away, and those who had no way to escape or were wounded surrendered.
Some of the enemy's generals shouted loudly, trying to redeem the defeat, but were killed by General Li Tong.
During the pursuit, most of our troops maintained their formation, and the formation was not scattered. The tension I felt when I released the arrow just now gradually eased, and even my arm, which had been slightly out of strength, was no longer in pain due to excitement.
Speaking of this, Qian Jing said proudly: "At this time, I found that a group of enemy cavalry maintained a formation and retreated in an orderly manner. ”
Xie Zhao's eyes flashed with a hint of worry, but they suddenly turned into relief.
Because the troops and horses in front of them seemed to be vulnerable in front of the cavalry, but they completed the beheading of the enemy's front-line commander. Since the results are so good, there is definitely no need to worry too much.
She asked, "Does this cavalry have an enemy general, Jiang Yiqu?" ”
Qian Jing nodded and said, "That's right." The next battle was the most thrilling. ”
He kept an eye on the enemy cavalry, and a group of infantry pursued the enemy. At the beginning, it wasn't just a hundred of them, but a whole of five hundred.
Jiang Yiqu retreated to a slightly less wooded area in the mountains, and while retreating, he beckoned the nearby rout infantry to regroup.
Although we could not catch up for a while, we kept shouting and blowing the horn. When the enemy routs heard the threat so close, they didn't dare to stop fleeing for their lives.
After a while, the advantage of our long-term training in armor and long-distance running became prominent, and a small number of Yuan Jun, who were still wearing armor and holding weapons, were the first to catch up. Then there were some poor state and county soldiers who did not have enough to eat and were drafted.
More than 1,000 enemy troops were taken prisoner one after another, and we had to divide two battalions of men to count and guard them.
After another incense stick, the heavily armored melee infantry was finally more heavily equipped and could not keep up with the pace of pursuit. Our archers were able to keep up with the staggering enemy cavalry over rough terrain.
Jiang Yiqu's cavalry had already been exhausted from several days of fighting, they could not run fast, and they stumbled in the mountains and forests.