226 The decisive battle begins
Nong Zhigao's concern that the Western Army might attack them when they pulled out the camp and retreated was actually completely unnecessary. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Di Qing had no intention of attacking Nong Zhigao's camp at all, and he was already ecstatic that Nong Zhigao agreed to a head-on decisive battle, so how could he have the leisure to entangle with Nong Jun again.
When the time comes, they will set up a formation on the wide battlefield and completely defeat them in a battle, who has the Western Army been afraid of in the field?
Only by defeating the Nong army in a dignified and upright battle can we completely play the prestige of the Western Army, completely frighten the Nong army, and quell the Lingnan Rebellion as quickly as possible.
Defeating them in a dignified battle is more deterrent than using any strategy to defeat them, and it can deter those with bad intentions, only in this way can Lingnan be stable in the future!
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Quy Nhon Pu is a post station located between Kunlun Pass and Yongzhou City.
On the official road of the Great Song Dynasty, there is a post station every sixty miles. And the post station, on Quang Nam West Road, is called a shop. There are sixty or seventy miles from Yongzhou City to Kunlun Pass, which is exactly the distance of a post station. Therefore, not far from Kunlun Pass, there is Quy Nhon Pu Station.
Nong Zhigao's army retreated four or five miles, and just as they retreated to the vicinity of Quy Nhon Pu, they stopped, and they prepared to meet the Western Army here.
At this time, the atmosphere was solemn on the wide ground near Quy Nhon Pu, and the formation of the Nong army and the Western army had been arranged, just waiting for the horn to sound before they would fight.
At this time, Zhong Hao and other civilian personnel in the army such as Sima and Zanhua followed Di Shuai's Chinese army, standing on a high slope behind the formation, overlooking the two opposing armies. Because they had limited force, they were placed in the relative safety of the Chinese army.
Zhong Hao was waiting for the confrontation between the two armies at this time.
Not far away is the military formation of the Western Army, which has already been set up at this time and is ready for battle.
Zhong Hao saw that in front of him were all the endless Western Song Army wearing soap-colored military uniforms and helmets, and when he looked up, his eyes were full of red tassels on the helmets of the Western Army soldiers, and under the reflection of the sun, they were fiery red.
The formation of the Western Army is in an arc-shaped configuration, shaped like a crescent moon, and it is ready for battle. This is a half-moon formation, which is the glaive formation commonly used by the Western Army. The neat formation of the 30,000 Western Army was imposing.
The western army in the glaive formation occupies a very favorable terrain at this time. Because from the ancient leaky mountain where Kunlun Pass is located to Yongzhou City, the terrain is getting lower and lower. Behind the Western Army is Kunlun Pass, and the further back there is the higher the terrain, which is conducive to defense; Facing Yongzhou City, the further forward you go, the lower the terrain becomes, which is conducive to attacking. On the other hand, the Nong army, which was located in the south, needed to attack with great effort when it advanced, and it would be thousands of miles away if it retreated.
Zhong Hao looked at the terrain and couldn't help but be a little speechless, Nong Zhigao is afraid that he believes too much in his elephant troops, and he actually gave up this geographical advantage, he probably doesn't know a truth, that is, the arrogant soldiers will be defeated!
On the opposite side, which was less than two miles away from the Western Army's Glaive Formation, the Nong Army was also in a neat formation at this time, ready for battle.
The formation of the Nong army should be the Yanling formation. The 50,000 Nong troops as far as the eye could see were densely and neatly arranged, wearing crimson jackets, holding large shields in one hand and javelins in the other. From afar, it looks like the mountains and fields are all in flames. And when they raised their javelins, they turned into a black jungle.
Seeing this kind of big scene for the first time, Zhong Hao was shocked by the shouts of the two armies, and seemed to be taken away. Looking at the neat and well-distinguished 80,000 people in front of him, listening to the roar of the echo and the tsunami, he felt the blood surging all over his body, his scalp exploded for a while, his breathing became heavy, and he subconsciously shouted with the slogan of the army, and he wanted to jump down and fight.
When Zhong Hao's mind was a little lost, a powerful big hand pressed on his shoulder. Zhong Hao was pressed by this and calmed down suddenly.
Zhong Hao looked at Di Qing beside him with some embarrassment, the big hand was his, and said astringently: "Seeing the spectacular scene of this army fighting, my subordinates have lost their temper, and I hope that the marshal will not laugh." ”
Di Qing smiled slightly and said: "What's so funny, in this situation, a man will be enthusiastic, and my good man in the Western Army was born for this kind of scene." You're already doing well. ”
After a pause, Di Qing continued: "When the army fights, it is necessary to have this spirit of selflessness. The more afraid you are of retreating, the easier it is to die first. ”
Zhong Hao hurriedly said yes respectfully.
I have to say that this kind of scene of the army fighting in array is too easy to make the man's blood boil.
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"Woo woo woo ......" all over the mountains remembered the calm and powerful sound of the horn.
With the sound of the trumpet, the Nong army divided into three battle formations and took the initiative to attack in front of the western army, and they began to attack.
The Nong soldiers screamed and struck their shields with their javelins, making a thunderous thud that was as deafening and terrifying as hail and thunder.
With a shout, the Nong army rushed towards the Glaive Array of the Western Army.
As the Nong army approached, Zhong Hao saw that in addition to the scarlet gowns worn by the Nong army, they were either covered with leather armor or half-body iron armor, and even some of the people who looked like leaders were also wearing expensive Mingguang armor, and the weapons were also varied, and there was no standard standard, but this did not affect their strong fighting spirit at all.
Although it is ridiculous in other aspects of the Nong army, in terms of morale, it is very strong. The Nong army continued to win victories in the battle with the Lingnan Army, which was the best stimulant, and there was no need to mobilize at all. In the era of cold weapons, the army has always been strong enough to be called a strong army just because of its strong morale. Many times, a battle is fought with momentum. Most of the time, a single morale alone can often crush the enemy.
At this time, the Nong army relied on this momentum and rushed to the front of the western army.
Seeing the Nong army rushing towards them, the soldiers of the Western Army couldn't help but clench the weapons in their hands and put their whole bodies on alert, waiting for the upcoming battle.
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When the Nong army rushed to a distance of 200 steps away from the Western Army's main array, the Western Army's bow and crossbow projectiles arrived as scheduled, and suddenly the arrows in the sky poured out like raindrops.
However, having fought countless times with the Lingnan Song army, the Nong army had long been familiar with the Song army's combat routines, and also knew that this was the only threat that the Song army could pose to them by bow and crossbow shooting.
The shields in the hands of the Nong soldiers were prepared for this purpose, and shielding them from the rain of arrows was also the main subject they had to practice every day.
With the sound of the horn turning to a hurry, the Nong soldiers raised the shields they held in their hands one after another, like a cluster of huge tiles, protecting the bodies of the Nong soldiers under the shields.
The sharp arrows of the Western army shot at those closely connected shields, making a chaotic sound of "bang bang ......", but they could not penetrate the well-made shields of the Song people.
It's just that at this moment, the excellent shields in the Lingnan states and counties of the Great Song Dynasty have become the most reliable shelter in the hands of their enemies, the Nong army. But who is to blame? Who let those Lingnan soldiers miss out!
Although many of the arrows thrown by the Western Army pierced the cowhide armor on the Nong soldiers through the gaps in the shields, causing the Nong soldiers who were hit by the arrows to fall to the ground, this still did not shake the progress of this high-spirited Fire Legion.
The soldiers of the Nong army continued to advance despite the rain of arrows in the sky. More than ten arrows have been inserted into many shields, and there are more and more casualties, but the distance from the Song army's military formation is getting closer and closer, one hundred and fifty steps, one hundred steps, and eighty steps...... They are getting closer and closer to the Song army, and they only need to withstand the last wave of the Song army's flat fire, and they can rush to the Song army's formation and slash and kill them wantonly!
Sure enough, within eighty paces, the crossbow arrows of the Western army began to shoot horizontally. Flat-fired crossbow arrows are much more powerful than thrown crossbow arrows, and can easily pierce through the wooden shields in the hands of the Nongs.
However, for this point, Nong Jun has long been fully prepared.
The soldiers who rushed to the front row of the Nong Army were all strong and elite Nong Army, and they were all wearing double-layered iron armor and double-layered iron-clad shields on their shoulders! The fierce crossbow arrows of the Western Army could only make them stumble, and then they were pushed forward by their companions behind them.
Approaching, approaching, approaching...... The soldiers of the Nong army knew that as long as they rushed into the Song army's formation, those Song soldiers would definitely not be the opponents of these wolf-like warriors in their own army, and they were afraid that they would only escape or be slaughtered.
Zhong Hao found that he really underestimated Nong Zhigao before, and took him in love, it turned out that he really had two hits. Just looking at the indomitable momentum of these soldiers and the courage to sacrifice their lives to move forward, it can be seen that the soldiers under Nong Zhigao's training are not weak, and the rotten army of the Lingnan Army is not too unjust to be defeated by his hands.
The warrior in front of him, who is like a rainbow and forgets to die, is the true face of Nong Zhigao's army.
Although Guangyuan Prefecture is poor and bad, gold mines were discovered in the generation of Nong Zhigao's father, Nong Quanfu, which freed the Nong people from heavy manual labor. However, the oppression and bullying of the Jiaozhi people made it impossible for them to enjoy their wealth in peace. With the help of two traitor military divisions, Huang Shifan and Huang Wei, Nong Zhigao learned the methods of foot combat of the Song army and trained his clansmen day and night.
Without such a powerful Nong army, even if the Song army in Lingnan is rotten, it cannot be turned into a pile of tofu scum so easily.
Finally, the Nong army finally reached the front of the Western Army after paying a huge sacrifice under the rain of countless arrows.
The two armies finally began a tragic hand-to-hand encounter.
However, this situation was a little strange for the Nong army, because the Song army encountered this time did not collapse on their own and fled in all directions without waiting for them to rush to the front of the formation, as usual, but still stood there.
Although they were a little surprised, the soldiers of the Nong Army did not hesitate in the slightest. Since these Song troops have not collapsed and fled now, then we will use the long knives and spears in our hands to completely defeat and slaughter them.
The hand-to-hand battle became extremely brutal in an instant.
With each spear stabbed, an intact body was pierced, and blood splattered out with each slash.
At this moment, human life is like a mustard, and death comes in batches.
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