Murong Zhan watched from afar, his eyes swept over the heads of the soldiers of his own formation, and fell into the left formation, which was about two miles away from the banner of the Chinese army. In order to maintain their physical strength, the soldiers who were originally sitting on the ground in the formation, as the enemy came out of the battle and approached, under the urging of the war drums and the orders of the officers of the team, they stood up one after another, and from Murong Zhan's point of view, it was like a black tide suddenly undulating.

And if you zoom in closer, you can see some details.

I saw that the soldiers in the left formation, like the soldiers in the middle formation, most of them wore pigtails, and some of them were tied in buns, because of the long march to this place, there was not much stop on the road, and after arriving here, they almost immediately threw themselves into this battle, so they were the same as the soldiers in the middle of the battle, the soldiers did not have time to wash, whether they were tied with braids or knotted buns, they were all dirty, and there were those who loved to be clean, and their faces were still like people, but their hands holding weapons were all mud and dirt filling their nails.

On the surface, the military system of the Hu countries such as Wei and Qin seems to be no different from Jiang Zuo, and they also adopted the military household system, that is, the main body of the soldiers in their country was not hired and recruited like the "Jian'er Battalion", which has gradually become an important military component in Dingxi, but was forcibly recruited from the families that were included in the military households.

The biggest difference is that the military households in the Wei and Qin states were far higher than the scholars of the Tang Dynasty in terms of their political and economic status in their countries. It can even be said that the soldiers of Wei and Qin are almost the same people as the "countrymen" of Wei and Qin, and even if ordinary Tang families want to do it, they can't do it, they can at most act as a servant soldier or a civilian man when the war is tense.

It was also because of the high political and economic status of the Wei soldiers, and at the same time, because Murong Zhan was very popular with the army, and the soldiers in his subordinates believed in his ability, so at least before the battle on the left front, the mental outlook of the soldiers of the Wei army on the left looked pretty good.

The wind of early summer came from the southeast, blowing through the grasslands and fields in the distance, and from the left rear of the Wei soldiers' left formation, blowing into their formation. The cheeks of the 10,000-foot cavalry soldiers are brushed away, giving people a sense of warmth, and the aroma of plants and trees and the smell of earth carried by the wind make people feel as if they are in the countryside.

The soldiers in the front row put up their shields, the soldiers in the middle exercised their starting lances, and the archers in the back rows took their bows and arrows.

The horseshoe, Lou Ti Zhibi led his headquarters to the left formation.

Leaving the troops to line up in the rear temporarily, Lou Tizhibi led four or five cavalry, passed through the path in the formation, and galloped to the Chinese army on the left.

The general of the left formation is also surnamed Murong and is named Murong Cang.

His father, Murong Ran, was one of the five subordinates of Xianbei of the Wei State.

The one who leaves, the meaning of the commander in the Xianbei language. After Murong Zhan usurped the throne and became emperor, in order to comply with the call of the conservatives in the country to oppose the Tang Dynasty, he took out the abolished "Lili" system, and divided the Xianbei species under his rule, together with the Murong clan himself, into five departments, each with a department commander. However, after all, centralization is the trend of development, so now the five departments of the Wei State have left, but they no longer have the previous powers, and in a larger sense, it is just a respected title, which is quite old. However, those who can hold this position must be the noble breed of Xianbei people. Murong Cang's father, Murong Ran, is from the small sect of the Murong clan.

Lou Ti Zhibi's family was only a small chieftain family in Xianbei of Wei State, and he was very respectful in the face of Murong Cang.

When the Chinese army arrived, Lou Tizhibi dismounted, walked to Murong Cang, gave a military salute, and relayed Murong Zhan's order to him.

Since the founding of the Wei State, it cannot be said that Wen Tian is martial, but many generals and colonels in the army have long lost the martial arts of their fathers and ancestors, and many troops lack military discipline, but Murong Cangzhi Army has inherited the legacy of Murong Clan, and in the Wei army, it has always been known for its harshness.

He glanced at Lou Ti Zhibi, with a calm face, and said, "You have just ridden a horse through the battle, do you know that you have violated military discipline?" ”

Lou Tizhi replied respectfully: "Yes." The end will know. This is not because the Karma Nu has already sent troops, and the last general is afraid that he will not be able to convey the military order of the Great Sima to the general before the start of the war, so he ......"

Murong Cang interrupted him and said, "You came by the order of the Great Sima Army, and sent your head to Yu Xiang, and I will deal with it after the war!" However, our military law must not be violated! Give orders to the guards on the right and left, "cut down those few, hang their heads on the poles, and show them to the people." ”

"Those few" refers to the four or five riders who came with Lou Tizhibi.

can be Lou Ti Zhibi's slave rider, since Lou Ti Zhibi's henchmen, one of them is Lou Ti Zhibi's slave.

Lou Tizhibi lost color when he heard this, and had the heart to intercede for those horses, but he saw Murong Cang's grim expression, but he didn't dare to make a sound after all, so he had to watch Murong Cang's guards, drag his riders to the side, kill them on the spot, take off his head, hang it on a high bamboo pole, and take it to the front, middle, and rear formations respectively, and show them to the soldiers in Murong Cang's array.

Lou Tizhi said in his heart: "Damn it! Lao Tzu has become a chicken! ”

Before Lou Tizhibi was promoted by Murong Zhan, he was only a city university in the Wei State. There are hundreds of cities in the Wei State, although not every city has a city university,—— the city is a military and political grasp, usually only located in the more important county seats, but the whole country to calculate, calculated, at least there are more than 100 city large, to be honest, not a very high position.

But Murong Cang, as the son of Qi Li and Murong Xiaozong, where would he care about Lou Tizhibi's idea of such a small role?

He also knew the courage of the enemy generals such as He Hun Kan on the opposite side, and was a little worried that he would not be able to stop their rushing formation, just when Lou Ti Zhibi sent him to the door, grabbed the mistake of his galloping horse through the formation, and took a few of his subordinate heads, strictly enforced the military law, and intimidated the soldiers in the headquarters to inspire them to fight to the death.

Murong Cang didn't look at Lou Tizhibi much, his eyes looked forward, and he stared closely at the soldiers who were killing the formation.

……

The main formation of the Wei army, the Chinese army.

On the watchtower, Murong Zhan was also paying close attention to the Qianren army that was rushing towards the left side of his army.

The dust is flying, shouting and killing.

The thousands of soldiers who came out of the battle to kill were in front, and thousands of light horsemen were scattered behind, and before they reached the front of Murong Cang's formation, the momentum was already amazing.

When the soldiers were close to the arrows, Murong Cang's array, the arrows rained down, shooting towards them.

The soldiers met the arrows, and the momentum did not decrease.

Murong Zhan saw that one after another of the infantry of the Qiang people fell, but the rest still ran forward with a shout.

The cavalry of the Qiang soldiers increased the speed of their horses, galloped to the two flanks of the Qiang infantry, and began to shoot at Murong Cang's formation. - He Hunxie's army is mainly based on foot soldiers, and his tactics are also based on foot combat, so these thousands of light cavalry are not the protagonists of this attack on Murong Cang's array, and their tasks are two in this offensive battle, one is to cover the infantry to charge the formation, that is, to shoot back at the moment, and the other is when the infantry is successful, they follow up to expand the results, or when the infantry loses, they act as a response.

The so-called "no more than three arrows in battle".

This "three arrows" is not talking about bows and arrows, but crossbow arrows. Crossbows are more time-consuming and slower to fire, so when the enemy is charging with all their might, there may be at most three or four shots, but this is not the case with bows, where a crossbow can shoot three arrows.

In just a short charge distance of more than 100 steps, the rain of arrows in the left formation of the Wei soldiers caused a lot of casualties to the Qi soldiers.

However, the front row of the Wei soldiers had shields as a defense, and the light cavalry of the Wei soldiers returned fire, which did not cause a significant blow to the Wei soldiers.

Even so, Murong Zhan, who was watching the battle, did not relax his complexion, he knew the tactics of the soldiers and knew that the next step was the real counterattack of the soldiers.

As he expected.

After approaching the position in front of the Qiang soldiers, the thousands of Qiang soldiers, each with a short spear, threw them into the Murong Cang formation. The people are Caucasian, tall and strong, in terms of strength alone, stronger than most Xianbei soldiers, and after a long period of training, the short spears thrown from their hands are all swift, with the help of speed, with the sound of the wind, they fall into the Murong Cang array, even the shield cannot completely block it. Some of the shields were broken in an instant, and some of the warriors could not dodge, and were stabbed by the short spear, and they screamed.

Throwing short spears from afar, and hand-to-hand combat with spears that are shorter than those used by soldiers of Wei, Qin, Tang and other countries, this is the standard method of combat for foot soldiers under He Hun's evil tent. This is the art of warfare, which can be regarded as coming from West Asia. West Asia is the homeland of the Qiang people, they are familiar with this way of fighting, and although Xia has been in the Central Plains for a long time and has learned some tactical methods of the Central Plains, they mainly follow the old methods.

Needless to say, the throwing of short spears will also adopt this method in the troops of the Central Plains, and the troops in Dingxi will have this method of warfare, only the shorter fighting spear is the biggest feature of the Qiang people in battle. One inch long, one inch strong; One inch is short, one inch is dangerous. For example, the infantry lance used by the Tang soldiers, as long as more than zhang, is inherently advantageous when dealing with the enemy's cavalry and infantry, but the shorter fighting spear used by the people also has its advantages, that is, it is more flexible than the long lance, and it is more comfortable to advance and retreat, attack and defend more freely, and is more suitable for close combat.

The average height of the Qiang people was higher than that of the Xianbei people, and the fighting spears they used were more flexible than the long lances, and after seeing this Qiang army braving the rain of arrows and using short spears to rush to the front and back of Murong Cang's formation, Murong Zhan knew that a bloody battle was inevitable.

However, because Murong Cang's strict management of the army, although the Xianbei soldiers in the left formation suffered quite a lot of casualties under the short spear throwing of the soldiers, although the soldiers had rushed to the front of the formation, the shield bearers in the front row and the foot lance in the middle were still able to maintain a stable formation.

On both sides of the black flood that permeated the wilderness, the light cavalry of the Qianren was like two black snakes, sometimes whistling their cheeks, making a sharp sound, approaching the embankment, shooting an arrow at the weak place, sometimes scattering and retreating,—— this kind of light cavalry tactics and cheeks to deter the enemy are the same as Xianbei's light cavalry tactics, which are learned from the Xianbei people.

A small army of more than 100 soldiers was the most conspicuous in the entire flood wave.

Murong Zhan looked at it for a moment, and said to the left and right: "This must be Guo Hei is also." ”

Facing the wind from the southeast, they swooped down to the left formation, and after passing through the deer barricades all over the ground, one by one the soldiers of the Qiang people who fell to the ground with arrows had come to the front of the left formation, trying to make persistent efforts, and the Qiang troops who rushed into the front shield formation stopped above this small army that was struggling to rush forward, and its leading general was impressive.

Although he was wearing heavy armor, wearing a scarf, and his hands and face were exposed, compared with the more than 100 armorers, his complexion was completely different, but it was Guo Hei! Guo Hei's spear had already been broken, he changed the iron mallet in his hand, avoided the stabbing lance, swung down violently, hit the shield in front of him, and beat the Xianbei shield hand unsteadily, then raised a foot, kicked it over, and looked back and shouted in the dialect: "Here! ”

Dozens of soldiers in the vicinity immediately ran over, took over the small gap, and rushed inward with a shout.

Guo Hei led the more than 100 armor soldiers and turned away.

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