Chapter 1225: The End of Linjin City
Seeing the Southern Hun cavalry rushing out to block the first, after hedging with the western troops, it was like a leaf damaged by frost in late autumn, and the slightest movement fell one after another, and it was like a dandelion tidbit, a little breeze scattered away, as if it had no effect at all, such a scene, such a result, it was inevitable that the Southern Huns were terrified, and they saw their own pale face from the faces of others on their sides.
The horses of the Zhengxi cavalry flew one after another, galloping directly from the middle of the battlefield, slightly opening outward, and then pressing towards the Yang Jun and Huchuquan coalition forces at a slight angle to the left and right wings, leaving only the corpses of many Southern Hun cavalry lying in the middle of the battlefield, and more than a dozen or twenty Hun war horses, at a loss, arched the corpse of their original owner with their horse heads on the cruel and bloody battlefield.
Fei lurked under the tricolor battle flag, even if it was a multi-faceted battle formation, but in the face of such an excellent performance full of speed and strength, there was still no other way to vent except for the blood surging and cheering.
The sorrow of the six scum of the war will always be only for the sake of shouting 666 in the rear......
However, as a commander, Fei Qian still noticed the extraordinaryness of the two generals who commanded the cavalry under him, so Zhao Yun didn't say anything, but Gan Feng's performance did surprise Fei Qian.
Perhaps most people think that the cavalry hedge, or the charge into formation, is to run straight and fast horses and whip upwards, but after experiencing many cavalry battles from the north to Guanzhong, Fei Xian found that in fact, the subtlety of this is by no means easy for a layman to do.
Only those who are proficient in cavalry tactics and as natural as breathing can be called cavalry generals, otherwise they are at most just ordinary commanders, even Fei Qian is no exception. Let Fei Qian lead the cavalry, yes, but if you want the cavalry to exert the power of the tenth or even twelfth layer on the battlefield, you must have a qualified cavalry general.
Fortunately, Zhao Yun is, and so does Gan Feng.
When the cavalry hedges, it is more like two combs with opposite teeth, staggered with each other, of course, there are also bad positions that collide directly, and the role of the cavalry is to keenly adjust the position and direction in the process of high-speed staggering, while maintaining their own formation, find the central node of the opponent's command, and carry out the maximum damage in the staggered short time, and even kill the opponent's front-line commander in one fell swoop.
Such a complex and delicate cavalry control ability and battle array fighting ability are indeed not something that Fei Qian can shake with half a bucket of water.
And just when he rushed through the half court and hit the opponent's two wings, that subtle angle adjustment made Fei Qian feel commendable and quite admirable.
Pulling the angle a little bit can not only allow the speed that has been invisibly slowed down after the hedging is completed to get more space to increase the speed again, but also shorten the distance between the central infantry led by Yang Jun and not too close to the infantry formation and be hit by arrows and other long-range attacks, more importantly, the impact angle of the cavalry further squeezes the space of the opponent's battle formation, making it easier for the opponent to cause confusion when mobilizing the infantry battle formation to respond.
Ordinary generals lead cavalry to attack the foot soldiers, and I am afraid that most of them directly choose to charge head-on, but in fact, the cavalry queue commanded by real cavalry generals is cut in with a little angle. If the opponent's infantry general does not respond properly and does not adjust the steering in time, it is tantamount to exposing his side.
Fei Qian, who was swaying half a bucket of water, could clearly perceive the sharpness of the two cavalrymen, Zhao Yun and Gan Feng, how could Hu Chuquan and the Southern Huns, who had been fighting on horseback all their lives, not know?
The left and right flanks listed by the Southern Huns were not thick in the first place, and there was no reserve force, so such a thin array, in front of such a strong attack force of the cavalry in the west, was really a little difficult to resist, plus the attack under the city of Linjin for several days, even the arrows in their hands had been consumed, and it was impossible to use bows and arrows to shoot and block at a distance.
Seeing that the cavalry of Zhengxi neatly solved the part of the Hun cavalry that was intercepted, he pulled it away slightly, and then readjusted the angle, and the horse was originally the entire Southern Hun array, which was stirred, some people wanted to go out, some people were shrinking inward, some people shouted loudly, some people prayed in a low voice, and all the things were mixed together, plus the war horses seemed to feel such a tense atmosphere, neighing and commotion, adding a little bit of disorder, even the bottom ten cavalry commanders in the array, The loud orders of the hundred horsemen did not have much obvious effect.
"Right Virtuous King!"
Seeing that the Right Xian King had not given orders to the left and right big households belonging to the left and right wings for a long time, and the war horses and horses of the Western Cavalry were flying one after another, getting closer and closer, even the guards around Hu Chuquan were a little anxious, and couldn't help shouting.
"......" Hu Chuquan's face was pale, and his eyes flashed.
At this distance, Hu Chuquan could already see the figure of the sprinting cavalry, and he could also see the blood stains on the armor of the cavalry, the mud of the galloping horses, and the raised knives and guns and the high-spirited faces......
There was only one voice in Hu Chuquan's heart, which had been repeating since the beginning: "What should I do? What to do? What the hell is going to do? ”
Going south to Guanzhong, Hu Chuquan was originally prepared to create the second spring of the Southern Xiongnu, well, maybe this word is not accurate, it should be the Nth spring, but no matter what, Hu Chuquan came with a good wish, but at the moment, these beautiful wishes and longings, before the sharp soldiers of the general Fei Qian, are as fragile as a bubble.
"Right Virtuous King! What are we going to do?! The soldier asked loudly.
What to do, yes, what to do?
It's not just a question of what to do in the next moment, but what to do next?
Continue to follow Yang Biao and Zheng Gan to the end, or seek other paths?
Although the big left and right leaders follow themselves, how long can they obey their orders after they have not obtained enough benefits?
What will happen to your own people in the future, and what will be the arrangements for the people left behind in Gaonu?
At this moment, there were countless questions floating in Hu Chuquan's heart, but he couldn't find any answers at a loss.
The pro-soldier on Hu Chuquan's side couldn't help it after all, and said in a hurried tone: "King Youxian!" No time! Otherwise, you won't be able to run! ”
Although the words spoken by the soldiers in a hurry were clueless, the meaning was still understood by Hu Chuquan. The greatest advantage of cavalry is the combination of speed and strength, and if there is no speed, it is like a lame leg.
Hu Chuquan's face finally relaxed, and he glanced at Yang Jun's infantry formation in the center, and said in a deep voice: "Let's retreat!" Let them top it up first! ”
Damn Zheng Gan and Yang Jun!
If it weren't for these Han people swearing that Fei Qian, the general of Zhengxi, had died, how could he encounter such a situation in the south?!
Since these Han people have cheated themselves, why should they fight to the death for these Han people to resist the soldiers of General Zhengxi? What's more, his son-in-law is also tired these days, how can he compete with the soldiers who came with momentum to conquer the west?
Although Hu Chuquan may not be able to understand the meaning of the phrase "Dead Dao Friends Don't Die Poor Dao", but the best way for him now is to use Yang Jun's infantry battle formation to drag down the footsteps of the Zhengxi cavalry and consume the impact power of the Zhengxi cavalry.
The horn of the Southern Huns whined, but instead of attacking forward, it was evacuating backwards, which made Yang Jun immediately dumbfounded.
In the past few days, the wind and fire rushed from Hongnong to Guanzhong, first conquered Tongguan, and then came to Linjin City without any rest, even Yang Jun himself spent the night in a temporary tent last night, not to mention ordinary soldiers and people, most of them in order to make siege equipment, in order to attack Linjin City, they didn't even have time to build a tent, that is, to build a nest in a sheltered place, not to mention that there is a solid field camp station.
Originally, Yang Jun and Hu Chuquan had similar ideas, and they both felt that Linjin City was about to be captured, so where did they need to waste extra time and effort to build a camp, it was better to use all their strength to capture Linjin City as soon as possible.
In fact, the actual situation is indeed the case, if it were not for the arrival of the troops led by the general of Zhengxi, Fei Qian.
The problem is that when the general of Zhengxi, Fei Qian, led the troops, Yang Juncai realized that if it took an extra day, he didn't have to be in such a hurry to attack the city, and how good it would be to build a slightly stronger camp for himself, maybe he wouldn't be so passive now.
The foot soldiers are not as good as the cavalry, the Hu people have long formed a set of battles that are gathered and fought, dispersed when defeated, and reunited after a long time, just like a giant condensed by sand and stones, after suffering a heavy blow, it will turn into a large piece of scattered and escaped, even if the Han people chase and destroy some of them, they will not suffer serious ontological damage, and when the Han people can't chase and fall into the desert and lack food and water, they will regather the counterattack.
Therefore, the Hu people are scattered, and the problem is not big, but as the Han people, especially the array dominated by foot soldiers, once they run away, it is simply a natural disaster, and it is not easy to regroup the scattered foot soldiers.
Therefore, Hu Chuquan can retreat, but Yang Jun can't retreat at all.
There is no way back.
There is nowhere to guard.
Yang Jun's original plan was to let Hu Chuquan fight with the cavalry of Zhengxi for a while, and after consuming the sharp energy of Zhengxi, Yang Jun led the foot soldiers to press up step by step, dragging down the cavalry of Zhengxi, just like the Han people fought with the Northern Xiongnu in the desert back then.
But the problem is, Hu Chuquan thinks the same way.
Now it was obvious that Hu Chuquan saw that the situation was not good, and after the first wave of blocking was ineffective, he decided to let Yang Jun's foot soldiers resist and stick to the speed and pace of the cavalry of the expedition.
Yang Jun suddenly turned his head to look at Zheng Gan, his eyes were almost about to erupt with fire, and Zheng Gan shrank his head in fright, trembling all over.
"Someone! Wear order! Gather! Gather in a circle! Hurry, hurry! Fast! ”
Since they could not retreat, they were left with a desperate fight, and in the face of the cavalry coming and going, the only way for the foot soldiers to gather together and form a circle to resist.
Fei Qian stood on the dirt slope, and saw Hu Chuquan leading the cavalry to start fleeing backwards, and Yang Jun was forced to have frequent drums and trumpets in the formation, and the flag was waved indiscriminately, obviously wanting to gather on the spot and resist, he couldn't help laughing, pointed with the Zhongxing sword, and said: "Order, divide the troops on the two wings, and be on guard after pursuing twenty miles!" The rest of the departments, follow a certain forward! ”
Although Fei Qian is not a genius on the battlefield, but after three or four years, he has seen large and small battle formations, and naturally has some experience and almost instinctive intuitive reactions.
Hu Chuquan's plan is not wrong, temporarily force back the edge, let Yang Jun's foot soldiers absorb the firepower, and then enter when the two sides are deadlocked, and decide the victory; Yang Jun's reaction was also decent, gathering a circular formation to resist, so as not to expose the flaws in the flanks.
Neither of them can be wrong, but the basis of the whole plan is wrong, which means that no matter how well the process is planned, the result is bound to be wrong.
Commanding 100 people, 1,000 people and commanding tens of thousands of people, this is not a simple addition and change of a quantity level, but a huge difficulty step, the increase in the number of people is not only an increase in combat power, but also a geometric multiple of the difficulty of the command system, a team of 1,000 people, maybe a few loud soldiers roared a few times, it can be passed in place, but after nearly 10,000 or even tens of thousands, if you want to make a dispatch, it is not a problem that can be solved in one or two sentences.
Hu Chuquan evacuated first, leaving Yang Jun behind, even if everyone did not abandon and gathered and came back again, how long would it take to go back this time, and how many hours could Yang Jun's array support?
Looking at Commander Yang Jun's foot soldiers, although there are many people, the overall number is even close to twice that of Fei Qian's men, but Fei Qian can clearly tell that about half of them are civilian men and auxiliary soldiers, and they are running around without a clue under Yang Jun's orders......
After all, Yang Jun is not a commander who fights seriously, just a temporary, third-rate general with more theoretical experience than practical experience, and has not shown any drawbacks in dealing with ordinary battles.
Although it is said that the long snake formation, the square formation, and the circular formation, these three formations are the most basic array structure, but that is for the trained pawns, it is already quite good for the people to be able to distinguish the front and back, the left and right, and can you expect these people to know how to understand Yang Jun's current progress and retreat in the circle formation?
What's more, the current change of formation is not only forward and backward, but also a complex internal and external movement, and the trained ordinary soldiers can still change their positions in accordance with the order, but those people are nervous, and they may not be able to hear the yelling in their ears, so what is the orderly change?
The cavalry on the left and right flanks of Zhengxi invariably divided a small part to chase the fleeing Hun cavalry, and this part of the troops would disperse after chasing a certain distance and become a network of battlefield scouts, while most of the other cavalry was under the command of Zhao Yun and Gan Feng, and began to aim at the Yang Jun infantry battle formation in the middle.
Fei Qian, who commanded the remaining one-third of the cavalry, also began to advance from the top of the dirt slope.
The banner used by Yang Jun's army to pass orders was waved wildly, and the grassroots officers tried to control and direct the direction of the soldiers with a loud voice, but with little success, Yang Jun's soldiers still had quite a lot of people at a loss, some didn't know whether they should go left or right, and some even collided with another team, pushing each other and no one could move......
Seeing that the cavalry of Zhengxi was getting closer and closer, Yang Jun's soldiers became more and more flustered, shouting and shouting, and the soldiers running everywhere were like boiling rice porridge, freeing up countless bubbles, pushing away the lid of the pot that was originally quite calm!
Fei Qian could even see those people in Yang Jun's army formation who had no combat experience under Yang Jun's more and more urgent orders, and in the process of the soldiers getting closer and closer, finally some people began to collapse, and tension and fear swallowed up the only remaining reason and action, making these people either start to howl and flee, or stay in place and cry, or tightly grasp the other people on their sides, as if they were grabbing the last log in drowning!
The completely destroyed Minfu collided with Yang Jun's array, as if it was an explosion from the inside out in the array, and the chaos caused by the battle change formation was finally uncontrollable and spread to the whole army, even if Yang Jun's subordinate guards were pulling their necks and desperately controlling it, it was like a drop in the bucket, and it didn't have much effect.
One general is incompetent, affecting the three armies!
Even if there are more people than Fei Qian's troops, what can they do?
In the battle array, most of the orderly veterans can fight against the disorderly recruits, most of them can fight three, one against five, and even one against ten, not to mention that it is now Yang Jun's chaotic infantry phalanx against the cavalry who came with the momentum to conquer Xifeid!
When Zhao Yun and Gan Feng commanded the cavalry, it was like two sharp swords viciously slashing into the soft tower like a dough-like Yang Jun infantry battle array, the hopeless collapse of Yang Jun's battle array inevitably happened, and more and more people gave up the confrontation, only thinking about running for their lives, only thinking about escaping faster and farther than others!
It was no longer very appropriate to use the momentum like a bamboo, because when Zhao Yun and Gan Feng slashed into Yang Jun's infantry array, they didn't encounter much resistance at all, and they easily plowed out a deep blood groove, and in the blink of an eye, Yang Jun's array was completely divided into three parts!
"Onward! Assault! ”
Taking advantage of his illness, he naturally wanted his life, Fei Qian saw that he finally had the opportunity to perform as a scumbag, so he lost no time in commanding the cavalry in his hand, covering Yang Jun's chaotic infantry battle formation with a coffin board, and nailing a few more nails by the way......
Cry, scream, and die!