Chapter 193: Trade-offs
The unbelievable scene appeared on the battlefield, the war elephant that had been beaten by the Zhou army rushed to the Zhou army's large array, and the Metropolitan Governor suddenly saw that the war was developing like this, and for a while he could not choose what strategy to adopt. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
According to the prior plan, the official army led by him was located on the east side, and the slang soldiers commanded by Madame Xian were located on the west side, together with the elephant army commanded by Chen Fozhi in the middle, to attack the Zhou army in the north.
The current battlefield situation is indeed the same, but there is an accident here in the elephant army, which causes Wang Meng to not know what measures to take to deal with the next battle.
If the elephant army collapses and escapes, it will not be able to defeat the Zhou army by relying on the left and right flanking attacks of the official army and the slang soldiers, and the best result is a draw, and then Mingjin will withdraw the troops and bring the day.
Therefore, at this time, Wang Meng should lead his troops to stay put, confront the Zhou army with the slang soldiers in the west, and collect their troops and return to the camp after dark.
The result of this is the loss of war elephants.
However, the fleeing war elephants are running in the direction of the Zhou army's large array, this is an opportunity to turn defeat into victory, if the war elephants really rush into the Zhou army's large array, as long as the officers and soldiers arrive in time...
If you want to arrive in time, you must now let the official army march northward, and as long as the official army moves, then the slang soldiers in the west will inevitably follow suit.
But if the war elephant runs for a while and finds that it runs in the wrong direction, or is attacked by the Zhou army, and turns around and runs south again, then it will be a bamboo basket for their own side, and the situation of the officers and soldiers will become dangerous at that time.
Wang Meng led the troops out of the camp, although he was flanking the Zhou army left and right with the slang soldiers, but his own position, but was flanked by the Zhou army left and right, the main force of the Zhou army in the northwest was on the left, and the Zhou army that began to attack the camp early in the morning was still on the northeast side of his side, that is, on the right.
There is also the tenacious Zhou army formation, now after defeating the war elephants, it is still standing on the west side of Wang Meng, just between them and the slang soldiers, not to mention that the cavalry of the Zhou army now has an advantage on the battlefield, and can concentrate forces at any time to attack the weak parts of the Chen army's formation.
In this battlefield situation, the Chen army wanted to march to the Zhou army's large array, which was basically a one-shot deal: either a big victory or a big defeat.
Wang Meng pondered carefully, feeling that the probability of a big victory was still too low, if he was really not careful, he was afraid that the whole army would be folded here, but if he could defeat the Zhou army, then the situation would be reversed...
What to do?
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"Grandmother! If you don't rush forward, you won't have such a good opportunity! ”
Feng Xuan, who was disheveled, was asking for battle in front of Mrs. Xian, he was chased by the Zhou army before, it was Chen Fozhi's elephant army who broke the siege, just rushed back to his own phalanx, but saw the war elephant collapse, he thought that the battle would be defeated, but the war elephant rushed to the Zhou army's large array.
He saw that his grandmother, who was dressed all over her body, did not say a word, and his face was red with anxiety: "Grandmother! Don't miss the opportunity..."
"Erlang, let's look at the movement of Wang Dudu's side."
"Grandmother!"
"Huh?"
Mrs. Xian glared, and instantly captured Feng Xuan, and even the slang handsomes and cave masters who were eager to try on the side had no intention of agreeing, they saw that the war elephant was about to impact the Zhou army's array, and they all had the idea of taking advantage of the fire to rob.
Facing the Zhou army head-on, they have no confidence, but as long as the war elephant rushes into the opponent's formation and keeps trampling, then it will always be easier to beat the reservoir dogs, right?
"Ladies and gentlemen, we must take the lead of the king and the governor, and we must not act without permission!"
Mrs. Xian is not shirking responsibility, she has a good idea of the strength of the slang soldiers she leads, and in front of the powerful Zhou army, she is actually a rabble, she can fight a good fight, but she definitely can't fight a tough battle.
Of course, she knew that now was a good opportunity, but she also knew that as long as it was not handled properly, it would be a tragedy of defeat, and when she thought of the consequences of the disastrous defeat of the army, Mrs. Xian couldn't help but be cautious.
The officers and soldiers did not attack, and only relied on the slang soldiers to follow the war elephants to fight the water dogs, and it would be good if the Zhou army was disrupted by the war elephants, but in case the war elephants were beaten away again, then what should the slang soldiers who rushed up do.
Hit, can't beat, withdraw?
Retreating in front of the enemy has always been the most difficult thing, with the military discipline of the slang soldiers, as long as the withdrawal begins, it will be a big rout, and when the enemy army has more than 100 cavalry covering all the way, I don't know how many sons will be killed here.
Speaking of which, the problem lies with the war elephants.
War elephants, Mrs. Xian has seen many years ago, to be honest she thinks that this animal is in vain, although the elephant is huge, but not very brave, the most important thing is that the elephant is also very smart, so when faced with danger, it will run away.
Just like people, the more intelligent people are, the more mindful they are, the less easy they are to fool, and they will not rush forward when they encounter danger, but will seek good fortune and avoid evil, and this is true for people and elephants.
The previous Zhou soldiers had already beaten the war elephants and fled, and they rushed to the north in a panic, where there were more Zhou soldiers and would definitely be able to beat the war elephants away, so the "war elephant rush" that was very likely to happen in front of them was actually impossible to happen.
Not to mention that the cavalry of the Zhou army has the advantage, and they can cut off everyone's back road at any time!
Madame Xian has already made up her mind, but she can't directly order the troops to move, she has to wait for the movement of the official army before making a decision, if the Metropolitan Governor Wang Meng decides to take the risk of attacking, then she can only act at the opportunity.
Mrs. Xian knew that her grandson Feng Xuan was eager to fight, and another reason was that he and Chen Fozhi were friends, so she couldn't bear to sacrifice each other.
The horn sound of "woo woo woo" sounded from the Chen army formation in the east, and the rhythm was a little special, which was the signal agreed by Wang Meng and Mrs. Xian in advance, which meant "standing still".
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"What, don't they want to take advantage of the opportunity to attack?"
"Such a good opportunity didn't come, coward!"
The voices of discussion came and went, mixed with regret and sighs, and Yang Ji, the head of the march, couldn't help but sigh when he heard it in his ears.
Why don't you get tempted? The war elephants are about to rush into our army's array!
I think so, but Yang Ji doesn't dare to delay, the war elephant has approached to the distance of less than a hundred steps from his own big array, and if he drags it down, he will really "play off", since the other party is not taking the bait, then don't pretend anymore.
"Attack!"
With his order, several groups of cavalry that had been prepared for a long time rode out of battle, many with torches in their hands, and the ranks that flowed out like fire dragons met the approaching war elephants.
Since these war elephants have been beaten to the ground and fled, they definitely don't have the courage to attack the more heavily guarded large array, and the reason why they rushed here should be frightened, so the Zhou army should point them out the direction of escape.
It is said that elephants are afraid of fire, so the Zhou army plans to use fire to drive away these war elephants, which have been frightened, but the remaining slang soldiers on the war elephants shoot arrows at them like crazy.
Then he was shot into a hedgehog by the cavalry of the Zhou army.
Chen Fozhi, who was hit by more than ten arrows in his body, was close to the verge of collapse, seeing that he was less than fifty steps away from the Zhou army's large array, but the war elephant under his seat was frightened by the Zhou army's cavalry with torches, hulala turned around and ran back, and the final chance of victory was gone, his elephant army was over, and the battle was over.
The bow and arrows he was carrying had been shot out, and he pulled out the feathered arrows that were inserted in his body, and picked up the bow to reflect back, but because of too many arrows, his arms were already weak, and he could not shoot arrows.
His outfit is very eye-catching, so it has become the best target of the meritorious Zhou soldiers, some people risk riding a horse close to the war elephant, with a knife to cut the rope tied to Xiaolou, not long after Xiaolou fell from the elephant's back, Chen Fozhi fell to the ground.
He struggled to get up, pulled out his dagger and waved it wildly, desperately watching the Zhou cavalry surround him, and when he was knocked unconscious, Chen Fozhi saw his war elephants being flanked left and right by the Zhou cavalry, driven by torches, and ran in the direction of the slang soldiers in the southwest.
"It's over..."