Chapter 43: Doubt, Temptation
Unlike Li Guang and Wei Qing, who were in a very high place, although Qin Cheng was also on a rather high hill, it was within the scope of the "battlefield". As the actual commander of this military exercise, Qin Cheng certainly can't be a hands-off shopkeeper. Although some plans have been arranged, the situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, and Qin Cheng, who is commanding the operation for the first time, cannot be cautious.
Behind Qin Cheng, several heralds and a bannerman were waiting for Qin Cheng's orders.
"Order General Li Xi, General Ji Zhu, lead troops to a duel!" Qin Cheng ordered loudly.
"No!"
The herald answered the promise, and the flag speaker began to wave the huge military command flag in his hand, and in the autumn wind, the military command flag hunted and hunted.
On the old horse plain, two teams of cavalry took steps from two opposite directions at the same time, galloping relative to each other, and the speed gradually increased. The originally silent old horse was instantly filled with the sound of "sonorous" horses' hooves, like ten thousand drums in unison. The ground trembled slightly under the trampling of the horses' hooves, and scattered countless birds in the forest. Once the calm old Ma Yuan was broken, the silence was shattered, and it shook terribly.
Ji Zhu and Li Xi, as the leading generals of the cavalry against both sides, each led a thousand cavalry, rushing to the front of the team, and the distance between the two of them was rapidly closing as the cavalry corps moved.
"Kill!" Ji Zhu raised his long knife and shouted to the sergeants behind him.
"Kill!" Li Xi on the opposite side, the long knife was led forward, roaring presumptuously.
The sound of horses' hooves and whistling continued, and the green grass was trampled to pieces, and then flew off the ground, slammed into the legs of the horses behind them, and then trampled off the ground.
Qin Cheng immediately hilly, condescendingly and quietly looking at the two teams of cavalry that were rapidly approaching in front of him, with a solemn expression.
Commanding thousands of troops and horses to fight was Qin Cheng's dream before he crossed, and now, he was finally close to this long-cherished wish.
The war horse under him seemed to be resonated, with a loud neigh, his front hooves were raised violently, and his whole body seemed to stand up, holding up Qin Cheng's entire body. The sudden movement of the mount frightened Qin Cheng secretly, and he almost fell off when his riding skills were not good. But when he stood up and looked down on the two thousand cavalry regiments at his feet, his heart was full of pride.
Qin Cheng thought of a poem: Who dares to cross the sword immediately, only I am General Peng!
Seeing the two cavalry legions approaching, Wei Qing's eyes showed a look of incomprehension.
"Does General Wei think that it is very common for Qin Shaoshang to make this battle?" Li Guang saw Wei Qing's puzzled face and said with a smile.
"The two armies hedged, first leading bows and arrows, then leading long knives, passing through the battle, riding horses and turning back, and recovering in formation." Wei Qing read out this sentence as if he was reading a book, and then asked: "The two armies are already close, Qin Shaoshang seems to have no other tactics for this battle, right?" ”
"That's not the case." Li Guang couldn't help laughing and said, he suddenly found that it was such an interesting taste to tease people, so he simply sold Guan Zi to the end, and said, "Didn't General Wei see that the armaments of the two armies are a little different?" ”
"How can you not see this? Among the two armies, the first army is uniformly equipped and well-armed, while the other army is mixed with good and bad equipment. It's just that I don't understand, what is the special purpose of the general's arrangement? Wei Qing was puzzled.
This arrangement is not the intention of the general. It is intended to be made by Qin Shao. As for the intentions, the general could only tell General Wei that those who unify armaments are the enemy, and those who are mixed with equipment are our side. Li Guang's answer was half clear.
"Oh? Why is this arranged? Could it be that the armament of our Han army is not as good as that of the Huns? Wei Qing felt even more strange.
"Haha!" Li Guang laughed again, seeing Wei Qing's reaction, Li Guang was very proud in his heart, and said in his heart Qin Lang's arrangement, it really whetted Wei Qing's appetite, looking at Wei Qing's second monk puzzled, Li Guang felt very comfortable, so he said: "If in this exercise, with the sergeants of our army's mixed armaments, we can defeat the enemy's well-equipped sergeants, General Wei thinks that when the Han cavalry and the Hun cavalry are fighting, is the victory not so bitter?" ”
Wei Qing was stunned, and after thinking about the meaning of Li Guang's words, he couldn't help but be surprised, "This is simply incredible!" Qin Shaoshang made such a person, how could he be so bold and ambitious?! ”
"General Wei, don't be impatient, what happens next, you and I will see." Li Guang has sold enough, and he will say it now.
Ji Zhu led the miscellaneous armament cavalry, which was only three hundred zhang away from Li Xi, and seeing that it would take him a few breaths to start a fight with Li Xi, the dull horn sounded abruptly at this time.
Ji Zhu heard the sound of the horn, and showed a mocking smile to Li Xi, who was rushing towards him with a fierce god on the opposite side, raised the long knife above his head, turned it clockwise, and then slashed three times to the left front, right front, and straight ahead.
The cavalry behind him saw Ji Zhu's signal, and immediately divided into two sides, one left and one right, and accelerated to the left front and right front, while the cavalry behind was desperately slapping their horses and rushing forward, and the entire cavalry queue instantly became the shape of a horse's hoof.
Ji Zhu and Li Xi were only three hundred zhang apart, and the change was sudden, Li Xi didn't have time to make order adjustments in time, and the two wings were already occupied by the vanguard cavalry led by Ji Zhu. In this way, there is no point in firing a salvo, and as expected, the cavalry on both wings of Ji Zhu and others will wrap Li Xi in dumplings!
Li Xi is also a veteran of the battlefield, he is far away, even if he is an immortal, he can't detect the abnormality, but now that he is closer, he can see the clue at once. The cavalry that Ji Zhu used to surround his two wings was a little unusual!
Their armaments are so light that apart from bows and arrows and long knives, none of them hold halberds, none of them hold a fight! In this way, the speed of Ji Zhu's vanguard cavalry has increased a lot, although this speed does not seem to have much impact on weekdays, but when the cavalry of the two armies rushes into battle, the difference in speed is enough to be fatal!
......The cavalry occupying the two flanks of Li Xi's army began to bend their bows and arrows at them, and one by one "arrows" were planted into their military formations!
"The whole army accelerates, rush over!" was yin by Ji Zhu once, but Li Xi couldn't let go of his hands and feet to shoot at them, if he was not careful, he might be surrounded by Ji Zhu, and at that time, Li Xi would really call the heavens and the earth not to work. At this time, Li Xi had only one way to get out of the predicament, and that was to break through the low end of Ji Zhu's horseshoe-shaped military formation, open the opening, and rush out!
"Kill!" Seeing that the "casualties" of his own army formation were getting bigger and bigger, Li Xi roared loudly and met the opponent's cavalry!
"Woo~~"
"Woo~~"
The heavy horn sounded again, and Li Xi turned his head and saw Qin Cheng standing on the hills.
Qin Cheng's face was expressionless, while quietly observing the situation of Lao Ma Yuan's two armies, he decisively gave an order at the right time.
"Kill!" In the shouting of killing, Li Xi's cavalry greeted the cavalry that rushed up from the other side!
Li Xi, who rushed to the front, his face was already gloomy at this time, and he couldn't be more gloomy at this time, he was going to tear the opponent's bottom line army formation, but when he started hand-to-hand combat with the other party, he found out that these cavalry of the dog day were actually wearing heavy infantry heavy iron armor! Even the horses are covered with armor! The opponent's weapons, in addition to long knives, also have long halberds, long ge, and long yues that are more suitable for cavalry charging and hand-to-hand combat! Damn, what's that? They even took out the logs! Pour down a large piece of it!
On the other hand, Li Xi's own side, all the cavalry leather armor, and there is no armor on the war horse, although all of them are equipped with absolutely sophisticated cavalry armaments, but now, in this hand-to-hand combat, he slashes the other party, the other party is generally fine, at most he is injured, and the other party cuts himself, and he is directly "dead"!
Li Xi was blocked by the ironclad cavalry in front of him, and wanted to rush into battle, but he couldn't rush through at all, and he was blocked here for a while, and the rear and two wings were already surrounded by Ji Zhu's light armored cavalry!
Wei Qing, who was watching the battle on the high post, was already stunned, he never thought that the cavalry legion battle, and this kind of play, the "miscellaneous army" that he still looked down on just now wrapped the other party in the military formation and began the siege and annihilation battle!
Li Guang was extremely satisfied with Wei Qing's expression today, seeing that this military exercise had come to an end, Li Guang could not sell Guanzi again, and it might be self-defeating to sell it again, so Li Guang explained to Wei: "In this exercise, General Li Xi's side is planned to be the Xiongnu, and General Ji Zhu's side is planned to be the Han army. The Hun cavalry rushed into battle, and the key points were one in the bow and arrow, and the other in equestrianism. This time, General Ji Zhu, the soldiers were divided into two parts, one as a light cavalry, changing formations in formation, trapping the enemy's two wings, surrounding the rear, chaotic enemy formation with bows and arrows, and suppressing the enemy's bows and arrows; One is a heavy horse, with thick armor and heavy soldiers, on the one hand, to reduce the power of the Huns' arrows, on the other hand, to give full play to their own advantages in close combat, to offset the advantages of the Huns' equestrianism. These two work together with each other, as long as the leading general knows the fighter, he will definitely be able to defeat the Huns! ”
While explaining to Wei Qing, Li Guang instructed him on the two sides of the war in Lao Ma Yuan to facilitate Wei Qing's identification.
Wei Qing listened to what Li Guang said, and then looked at the exercise in the field, his heart was already shocked, how could he not understand the power of this tactic, and listened very carefully for a while, for fear of missing a detail, until Li Guang finished speaking, Wei Qing took a long breath, and said with some surprise: "Dare to ask General Li, what General Li said about light cavalry and heavy cavalry, but they refer to light cavalry and heavy cavalry respectively?" ”
"Well, yes and no." Li Guang pondered for a while and said: "The titles of light riding and heavy riding were originally made by Qin Shaoshang and listened to by the general, and the general only knew a rough idea. If General Wei wants to figure it out, let's ask Qin Shao Shangzao! ”
"Qin Shao Shangzao?" Wei Qing was surprised, thinking of all the things before, he felt that his heart was very complicated, and he didn't know what to say for a while. In the end, Wei Qing couldn't help but ask: "General Li, could it be that the plan for today's exercise is also the handiwork of Qin Shaoshang?" ”
"It's Qin Shao's creation!" Li Guangfu smiled with relief, and ignored the surprise in Wei Qing's heart, you must know that Li Guang had already been surprised before, "Don't hide it from General Wei, in my Qiansang City military camp, only Qin Shaoshang can have such an insight." It's not that Ben will boast about people, Qin Shao is really a rare genius in a hundred years! ”
“……”
"Woo~~"
"Woo~~"
When the heavy horn sounded in Lao Mayuan again, the great exercise of 2,000 cavalry led by Ji Zhu and Li Xi finally ended.
With the sound of this horn, the eyes of more than 5,000 soldiers of Lao Ma Yuan fell on Qin Cheng standing in front of the military horn.
Before today's cavalry exercise began, no one expected such a result. Even Ji Zhu only acted according to Qin Cheng's orders and instructions, and he was not completely clear about the entire exercise before. Those improvised horse armor, as well as logs, can only be used on the exercise ground, if they are really pulled into the battlefield, I am afraid that before they meet the Huns, they will fall. However, since today's exercise has made the generals realize the power of these rather novel things, it is still a very good choice to improve them in the future, and then equip the cavalry, or to develop the cavalry, and then classify and equip the cavalry.
Now these five thousand Qiansang City soldiers, especially the senior cavalry generals among them, look at Qin Cheng a little differently at this time.
When the horn stopped, Qin Cheng turned his horse's head and rode his horse towards Li Guang.
"I've seen the general, General Wei." Qin Cheng hugged his fists on the horse.
Li Guang nodded and said, "In today's exercise, Qin Lang really didn't disappoint the general. ”
"Qin Lang is talented, I admire it." Wei Qing also clenched his fist to Qin Cheng and said sincerely.
Qin Cheng saluted Wei Qing back and asked, "Today's exercise, the cavalry versus the cavalry has ended. If you need cavalry and mixed arms, please tell the general! ”
Of course, Qin Cheng's words were polite words, no matter how he said it, Wei Qing also asked for it before, although now Wei Qing has recognized the fact in his heart that only the cavalry can fight against the cavalry, and the cavalry of the Han army can still defeat the Hun cavalry.
"If Qin Shao and all the soldiers worked tirelessly, they would naturally be unable to ask for it." Wei Qing listened to Qin Cheng's words, but he responded decisively.
Qin Cheng originally just wanted to be thoughtful, but he didn't expect Wei Qing to be more thoughtful than himself, and he lifted a stone and hit himself in the foot, Qin Cheng couldn't say anything, so he could only look at Li Guang with an inquiring look.
Li Guang was also helpless, but he couldn't refuse Wei Qing's request, so he could only say: "Since General Wei asked, Qin Lang will go and command again!" ”
"No!" Qin Cheng had no choice but to obey the promise and rode his horse back to the original place.
Because there are really not many cavalry in Qiansang City, there are only 2,000 left. The two thousand cavalry divided into two teams can still conduct cavalry versus cavalry exercises, but after the two thousand cavalry are separated, it is undoubtedly impossible to fight against a mixed army of more than 3,000 people. In desperation, Qin Cheng had to pick out half of the sergeants. Fortunately, in order to prevent Wei Qing from making this request temporarily, Qin Cheng also made a simple arrangement, so that Qin Cheng would not make a fool of himself in public.
The cavalry maneuver against the mixed arms was actually very simple, because the Han army had long been accustomed to this way of fighting, and they had been fighting the Huns in this way for nearly sixty or seventy years. As for Wei Qing, it is even easier to make it easier for Wei Qing to see that the mixed arms cannot fight against the cavalry, because the Han army has basically not won much against the Huns in the previous sixty or seventy years. Although the tactical requirements should be the same as the last time the Qiansang City army fought against the Xiongnu, but without the terrain conditions of the last time, it is impossible to achieve any effect no matter how to interpret the tactics of the last time.
After the two exercises, it was only noon, but the follow-up cleaning work would last for a long time. After the exercise, Qin Cheng followed Wei Qing and Li Guang back to the Qiansangcheng military camp, this time Wei Qing did not stuffy his head as before, but had a long talk with Li Guang and Qin Cheng, Qin Cheng and Li Guang naturally said what they should say, never said much that should not be said, and tried to guide Wei Qing in the direction he wanted. Wei Qing was already very interested in Qin Cheng's cavalry tactics and himself today, and his mood was also a little high, and he had a lot of fun talking with Qin Cheng and Li Guang, but he didn't know that he had fallen into the trap of others.
On that day, until nightfall, Wei Qing left unsatisfied, and when he left, he told Li Guang that he had gained a lot today, and he would definitely record it when he went back, and he would definitely show it to His Majesty when he returned to Chang'an the next day.
At the end, Wei Qing's ghost envoy added, "Tomorrow Wei Qing still has some affairs, so I won't bother the generals." ”
Hearing Wei Qing's words, Qin Cheng felt a little stunned for a while. I thought that Wei Qing had talked a lot with himself today, and there were many things that needed to be further exchanged, so he should come early tomorrow, why didn't he come.
By the morning of the next day, Qin Cheng finally understood why.
After the last war, Li Guang clearly wrote down Qincheng's exploits in the military report submitted to the imperial court, including his defense of the Yellow Banner, the beheading of the Xiongnu's left bone Duhou, and the strange plan to trap King Zuoxian. But when this war report arrived in Liu Che's hands, Liu Che was not without suspicions, otherwise Wei Qing's military exploits when he was a knight in Qincheng would not have lost a strange trick to trap King Zuoxian. The reason is very simple, Qin Cheng is just a white ding, with no family background, no background, just an ordinary tunbian household, and there is no possibility of education when he was a child. To say that it is not impossible to say that such a life is full of bravery, it is a bit sensational to kill the left bone of the Huns, the Marquis of the left bone, and the guards of the Yellow Banner are all bravery, but to say that Qin Cheng offered a plan to annihilate the 3,000 cavalry of the Huns and his own losses were no more than 100 people, this is a bit sensational. This is completely unreasonable, impossible to happen. Therefore, Liu Che had suspicions. Since ancient times, emperors have been suspicious, and Liu Che is no exception, he has already begun to guess the reason why Li Guang is so attentive. Although this suspicion is only a little bit, the small one can't be smaller,