Chapter 9 (21) The Battle of Mogan (9)

On the opposite meadow, the number of people in the Turpec gradually increased. Although the sun is shining in the blue sky at this time, but the two armies are too far apart, and they can't see anything clearly, only to see a layer of black edges suddenly piled up on the top of the meadow, and then divide out a few thin black lines that are like a worm on the grassy slope, and then spread out horizontally and left and right on the grass beach under the slope, and after a little rectification, with a few long horn sounds, more than a dozen irregular black tides of different sizes are slowly surging towards the large array of the Zhao army like chasing the shore waves. The gloomy and bleak sound of the horn was mixed with the intermittent shouting of the horses and the neighing of the horses, and the cavalry of the Turquoise Cavalry held their blades and bound the horses to the front line and slowly pressed up like a floodplain, the spears were like dense forest knives like snow, the flags were swept with murderous spirit, the sharp edges of the spears shimmered in the sunlight, and even the warm spring breeze became cold and solemn in the blink of an eye......

Seeing that the front of the Tu Quan people was advancing unhurriedly, Shang Cheng under the banner of Xuan still stood still. The black blindfold had been pushed to his forehead, and the bottomless pair of dark eyes stared ahead without blinking, and the long face with distinct lines seemed to be cast in iron without the slightest expression. Several lieutenants inspecting the military affairs of the school went back and forth, loudly announcing the latest military situation one after another:

"Report! On the right flank of the enemy are two clan flags, numbering about seven hundred! ”

"Report! The left flank of the enemy was about a thousand men; There are two tribal flags, eight small flags, one black flag, and three black flags for the big tent! ”

"Report! It has been observed that there are three large Samu flags and seven Samu flags on the opposite side! ”

"Report ......"

Shang Cheng slowly raised his right hand in the military intelligence report, and the command post, which had become busy and chaotic because of the various news coming in, became silent in an instant, and everyone stopped what they were doing and focused their eyes on the palm of that hand. Cen Lin under the banner of Xuan immediately infected several phalanxes around him, whether it was a recruit with a bitter mouth and dry throat or a veteran with a blade in his arms and closed his eyes to recuperate, all of them couldn't help but twist their faces and focus their eyes on the flag that was swaying slightly in the breeze. This silence spread like a silent order, spreading like a wave, and instantly spread throughout the entire array of the Zhao army. Under the shadow of the bright sun, everyone held their breath and held their heads high......

Shang Cheng's palm slowly opened, first the tail finger shook lightly and slowly bent, then the ring finger, then the middle finger, index finger, thumb...... When the five fingers were clenched into a fist, they suddenly stopped, and the generals and captains whose eyes had been concentrating on the palm of that hand instantly felt that everything in heaven and earth seemed to stagnate with the pause of the five fingers, and the sound of wind, horns, and horses' hooves disappeared. The pause was only for a moment, and in the blink of an eye, the thick joint palm was already clenched into a fist!

"Moo one by one"

The nine soldiers, who had been preparing for a long time, immediately blew the horn in their hands.

Three horns crossed, far and near immediately sounded a short and boring order, the originally silent Zhao army immediately moved like a pot of boiling water, a group of soldiers followed the officer's command or advance or retreat or traverse or side-by-side, in an instant the evacuation formation became tight, according to the Wushi team sentry camp structure, rows of archers, shieldmen, spearmen, swords, axes, and hands were staggered......

Guo Biao has been in the army for more than 20 years, and has also experienced more than ten battles, but most of the battles are either relying on the city camp to attack, or designing ambushes to intercept, or just following the pursuit. He calmed down, forced himself to calm a beating heart, and waited for Shang Cheng to give orders to several officers, and then calmly said: "Commander, it was clear in the military situation yesterday that Mogan's enemy was almost out, and Blackwater City also sent two thousand reinforcements, plus the remnants of Luhe's retreat, and the total enemy in three miles was at least seven thousand. But just now, the sentry reported that the soldiers here are only in their early 4,000s. Seven thousand to four thousand, and three thousand, where will they go? ”

Shang Cheng smiled and said, "The people of Tuqi have been beaten a few times, but they have to remember for a long time, and if they don't keep some people at home, they may not have to send me a ready-made camp?" ”

Guo Biao also smiled. After the contact in the past few months from the beginning of the year to the present, Guo Biao also knows that the blind man can fight the Yanshan Guard, and the Zhao army has fought several battles since entering the grassland. For example, in the first battle into the grassland, when the Zhao army had already played the banner, and did not deliberately hide the whereabouts of the army, a group of people who thought that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and secretly hid it to find some cheapness, but the cheap was not picked, but their camp was robbed by Sun Zhongshan who was hiding behind the back, and they hurriedly retreated to retaliate, and were caught up by Zhao Jun and Sun Zhongshan in the middle and beat them randomly. That battle was fought simply and directly, and the Zhao army of all departments had a tacit understanding of advancing and retreating, and the results were also excellent, and only a few dozen horsemen escaped in the end. A few days ago, the battle of Luhe was also remarkable, and the experience was almost the same, the Shaochuan Brigade went up head-on to attract the enemy's attention, and Sun Zhongshan first lurked and moved to the lower reaches of the Luhe River, and then suddenly launched along the south bank of the Luhe River from east to west......

Shang Cheng looked at the Sudden Horse Formation that stopped two miles away, smiled contemptuously, and said: "It seems that they not only have a long memory, but also remember their old business, not only do they know to send some people to guard the camp, but they also remember to sneak attack in a roundabout way. ”

This is what Guo Biao wants to say. A succession of victories is not necessarily a good thing, and the so-called "arrogant soldiers will be defeated" is this truth. However, this was not for Shang Cheng, but for the people around him and the group of young generals behind. Let's not talk about these people around Shang Cheng, even the group of Central Plains soldiers are not all indiscriminate, and there are also a few veterans in the army who are optimistic about the backwards.

Guo Biao's meaning, Shang Cheng also understood. Although it is not a good time to "go to class" at the moment, since Guo Biao has mentioned it, he can only say a few words. He couldn't help but give his old boss this affection. Fortunately, at the moment, both sides are sorting out their teams, and there is still a distance away from the battle, and Zhao Jun's formation does not seem to have any obvious omissions and flaws for the time being, and he also has this time for "teaching". But what do you teach these guys at such times? Teach the marching army to set up? He still doesn't understand anything himself, what can he teach these guys? Besides, no matter how poor these people are, they have been exposed to family education since childhood, and if you want to talk about the ability to carry books and throw away your book bag, maybe it is still above him as a fake commander......

He paced back and forth on the wet lawn, looked at the young man who had just asked and said, "What's your name?" ”

"Back to the commander, Li Quan is under his post, and he is the deputy post of the cavalry of the C Brigade of the Tianwu Army."

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the surrounding Central Plains soldiers looked at Li Quan, and a few people were still talking about it one after another, and they were scolded by Duan Si several times before stopping.

Shang Cheng didn't know what the Tianwu Army's C Brigade did, so he looked at Guo Biao. Guo Biao said: "The C Brigade of the Tianwu Army is all Wei soldiers. ”

Seeing that Shang Cheng still didn't understand, Wen Mu whispered on the side: "The Wei Shi is the horse armor cavalry. Our Great Zhao guards each army, and only the Tianwu Army has a brigade system. ”

Only then did Shang Cheng understand that the half-day warrior was a heavy cavalry. Yanshanwei also has heavy cavalry, the establishment of two sentinels, the station is on the edge of Yanzhou, the high-headed horse and the horseman are all dressed up, and then lined up in two lines to charge, its momentum can simply be described as shaking the mountain; Even standing there without moving, looking at it is also majestic. However, it just looks majestic, and it is very good to be used as an honor guard, but it is a pity that it is not practical in Yanshan. The reason for the impracticality is very simple, there are many Yanshan Weishan and few plains, and the mobility of the heavy cavalry is a big problem, and when they move to the position, the daylilies are cold. Moreover, the logistical support of the heavy cavalry is also troublesome, and the logistics of a team of 200 people actually needs 500 people, not including the personnel and pack horses who specially transport grain, grass, horses, fodder, and ordnance for them. Considering these problems, he did not bring these two heavy cavalry out this time. In his personal opinion, he is not really optimistic about this class. As for whether the heavy cavalry can be sent to other places, he can't talk nonsense.

However, although he did not like heavy cavalry very much, he still found a topic for himself to communicate with the young generals in front of him. It is a pity that his first class was interrupted by the sound of the enemy's horn before it even began, so his "students" could only remember the first and only words of the teacher:

"The main point of cavalry tactics is to make a wide range of deep detours, the emphasis is on speed, and we must try our best to give full play to the advantages of cavalry speed, and give full play to the tactical characteristics of maneuvering, detouring, and flanking attacks......"