Chapter 288: The Battle of Guanzhong (13)
Hearing the song of the great wind that shook the sky, the soldiers of the Jin army, from the bottom of the stone bud, all had their faces as earthy.
"Hey~~~ Why didn't you think this was Maoling? Why didn't we expect us to call them Shu thieves, but they themselves call themselves big men! ”
There is no doubt that the morale of the other party is completely bursting at this time. And the morale of the side ......
"Qi Nuer, immediately go and gather the craftsmen to build the tower overnight. The foundation doesn't have to be too stable, as long as it's high enough! ”
"The child understands, and he will definitely let Du Yuankai of Chang'an City see the fire here!"
There was no word all night, and the time came to dawn on the fourth of August.
"Knock knock~~~~~" by the hour, the sky was already bright. The war drums of both sides rang out in unison. The soldiers of the two armies marched into battle in unison, ready for a new big battle.
"My soldiers of the Great Jin! In front of us is Chang'an, and if we win this battle, we will be able to go home safely! Behind us is lacquer water, if this battle is lost, then there is no way back! Annihilated! In today's battle, I, Shibao, will never take a step back! Be! Then die! ”
"Unwinnable! Then die! ”
"My soldiers of the Great Han! In front of us is the last main force of the Jin thieves in Guanzhong. Destroy them, and we will be able to take Chang'an! Behind us, Emperor Wu, General Wei, and Huo Hussar all looked at us! In today's battle, the Han will win! ”
"The Great Han will win!"
After the commanders of the two armies had mobilized in front of the formation, the drums of war were beating again. The generals on both sides did not have any interest in probing, and directly ordered the whole army to attack. The soldiers on both sides rushed forward and slammed into each other.
On Shibao's side, after yesterday's battle damage, there are still more than 60,000 people. Among them, 10,000 archers are almost complete. There were 20,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry left.
On Jiang Wei's side, more than 8,000 people were lost in yesterday's battle. Of the remaining 52,000 men, there were 4,500 commandos, more than 3,500 pikemen, 3,000 chariot soldiers, 2,000 crossbowmen, more than 12,000 cavalrymen, and more than 27,000 Hubu troops.
In this day's battle, Jiang Wei no longer set up a circle formation or a car suspension formation - the enemy surface was too narrow, and it was impossible to distinguish the winner in a short time. Now, Jiang Wei directly put on a conical formation.
With 3,000 chariots as arrows, 2,000 crossbowmen followed closely behind the chariots. The commandos were divided into two teams to protect the flanks of the 5,000 men. Then the pikemen came to the aid of the crossbowmen. The more than 20,000 Hubu troops were divided into two parts, left and right, to expand the width of the battlefield. As soon as the gap in the front opens for the enemy, the Tiger Infantry moves forward and engages the enemy in full swing!
This is the most brutal way to fight when the number of your own soldiers is not much away from the enemy, and the individual combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the opponent.
And the stone bud is a little bitter here.
Speaking of which, of the 60,000 people he now has, there is almost no one in the original Guanzhong Army. The cavalry is mainly the troops of Youzhou and Bingzhou. Among the 30,000 infantry, the most elite Zhengpai Luoyang Chinese Army had less than 10,000. The rest are all Qingxu soldiers and the Kingdom Alliance. The Kingdom Alliance is relatively good, although the combat effectiveness is uneven, but after all, there are elites. And Qing Xu Bing...... Not long ago, they were farmers with hoes!
Although these soldiers also had the heart to die, they went into battle. But the gap in combat power cannot be leveled by morale alone, not to mention that the morale of the enemy on the opposite side is also at the highest point at this time. Therefore, not long after the two sides engaged, the front of the Jin army was torn open by the Han army.
"Archer, abandon the bow and raise the sword, come forward and fight!"
"Huh~~~!"
Seeing that the front line began to loosen in less than a quarter of an hour, Shi Bao was also full of helplessness. The decision was made to let the archers come forward for hand-to-hand combat. However, fortunately, the archers from the Luoyang Chinese Army are not too bad in hand-to-hand combat. So this team of people went up, and the Jin army relied on the thickness of the lineup, and it could still be entangled with the Han army for a while.
At this moment, the all-round engagement of more than 100,000 people has weakened the commander's strategic skills and the personal ability of the fierce general to the extreme. The only thing that can determine the outcome of this battle seems to be the bravery, endurance and will of the soldiers.
No, there are many things that can decide the outcome of this battle.
"Report ~~~ General, General Long sent his subordinates to report that Du Yu of Chang'an City had already led 10,000 troops out of the city, and the enemy army had crossed the Wei River, and his 3,000 cavalry would try to delay the other party's speed. But it is estimated that in two hours, the Jin army in Chang'an will come behind our army's formation. ”
"Good, step up your investigation, and inform me when the enemy army is thirty miles away from me."
"Yes!"
Looking at the scouts who left in a hurry, Ma Guo said to Jiang Wei worriedly: "General, do you want to withdraw some soldiers down first and line up in the rear of our army?" ”
"Not at this time! The two sides are fighting fiercely, and the battlefield is completely chaotic. Withdrawing at this time will easily make other soldiers think that our army has been defeated. If you don't do it well, it will always collapse! ”
"What does the general mean?"
"Hehehe, I deliberately took the chariot soldiers as the first battle in today's battle, but I didn't just let Shi Bud make a misjudgment! Herald! Let the pikemen pass the chariot soldiers as the front! Slow down the rooks and crossbowmen! ”
"Huh? I see, the great general is clever! ”
"Hey, that's just a trick. Instead, at this time, I am extremely looking forward to Zifeng's reinforcements! ”
"The news I received yesterday night shows that the overall situation has been decided on Da Sima's side. Soon the battle will end and come to the rescue. ”
"Report ~~~~"
When Jiang Wei and Ma Guo were discussing the war, another scout galloped over with three red flags on his back.
"What's wrong?"
"General, General Long will report again! The Jin army has increased its troops. I don't know where the Jin army came from, crossed the river from the southwest bank of the Wei River to join Du Pre's army. The army was small in number, about 5,000 men, but among them were 2,000 cavalry. In order to avoid being entangled by the opponent's cavalry, his troops did not dare to follow Du Pretending too close now...... Therefore, it is expected that the enemy will come behind our army in less than an hour. ”
"This, where did this army come from? Hearing you say that, it seems that the combat power is not bad! ”
"The subordinates failed to find out the origin of this army, and asked Ma Changshi to forgive him."
"Well, it doesn't matter. I think it should have been the youth team who went to Chencang to intercept us. ”
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Speaking of which, Ma Jie's subordinate Long Yu Long Zihui also poured blood mold. As a detachment specially sent by Jiang Wei to monitor the Chang'an Jin army, his task at the beginning was very easy. Even after Du Pre's 10,000 troops left the city, it was very easy - the soldiers in Du Pre's hands were all Qingxu Army. Although Du Zhen himself is very strong, the generals under his command are also very capable. But a recruit is a recruit, and the combat effectiveness is just not very good. And all of these recruits are infantry.
Therefore, in the face of these 10,000 recruits who crossed the Wei River, Long Yu very happily led the 3,000 cavalry under his command to carry out mangu tactics around the other party.
This tactic of purely bullying the opponent's lack of mobility is very scoundrel. The soldiers of the Jin army were tossed badly along the way. Du Pre, who was in charge of the Chinese army, had nothing to do in the face of such a situation. The only way to do this was to order the soldiers to form a tighter formation and advance slowly and with difficulty towards the northwest.
Therefore, Long Yu's initial report to Jiang Wei was: It will take about two hours before the enemy army arrives at the Maoling battlefield.
However, the situation suddenly changed, when the Han army was having a good time, a cavalry of the Jin army suddenly inserted strongly from the southwest, and one shot down, Long Yu's cavalry lost seven or eight hundred people. In order to prevent the cavalry of the opposing side from becoming entangled by the cavalry of the opposing side, the infantry of the opposing side will catch up and surround themselves. Long Yu could only lead the remaining troops to retreat quickly - the purpose of delaying the enemy could not be achieved.
"The sin will be green, please meet Du Changshi. Sin will come all the way from Chencang, because he can never find enough boats to cross the river, so he can only rush to the vicinity of Chang'an. Please also ask Du Changshi to forgive his sins. ”
"General Zhan dared to lead the army to come to the aid at such a critical moment of the war, and Du was full of enthusiasm. The general, who is in poor health, cannot ride a horse. So since the general is here, please lead the soldiers and horses of your headquarters to go north to Maoling immediately to support Da Sima! ”
Da Sima? Shi Zhongrong? Did he retreat to Maoling?
Zhan Qing, who had never been very clear in his head, was even more in a trance at this time, but Du Yu didn't give him more time to be in a daze: "General, I'll let General Pang go north with you." He will explain the battle situation to you on the way. In short, now please lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to set off immediately! ”
"No! The last will obey! ”
Looking at the figure of Zhan Qing in the distance, Du Yu sighed: "Come on, help me get out of the car!" ”
Yes, on the historical plane, Du Zhudu, the first military strategist of the Western Jin Dynasty, was in very bad health, and he was commanded by ox cart when he sent troops to fight. Because he won many battles in an ox cart, many families later learned to use him to fight in an ox cart (as if it was more elegant than riding a horse?). - For example, Wang Yan, who later ended the national fortunes of the Western Jin Dynasty in World War I......
But Du Yu's actions at this time told everyone very clearly why his ox cart would not affect the war.
"Changshi, what do you want?"
"Our army needs to cross the river, and at the same time prevent it from collapsing due to cavalry attacks. So you have to go a little slower. At that time, it was okay to ride in an ox cart. But now, the road ahead has been opened, and the military situation of Maoling is like fire. If you take another ox cart, you will have to delay a big event. Someone, tie me to my horse. Then the whole army marched at full speed towards Maoling! ”
"Huh~~!"