Chapter 39: The Red Sun Falls Westward
Regarding Zhuge Liang's sending Sima Yi's woman clothes and faces to provoke her to war, the earliest record can be found in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" Pei Shu quoted Sun Sheng's "Wei's Spring and Autumn Period", saying: "Liang has repeatedly sent envoys to hand over books, and also sent women to the ornaments of women, so as to angrily proclaim the king." Later, the "Book of Jin" was attacked and widely known to the world through the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
In "Romance", it was even performed again, saying that Sima Yi "pretended to laugh and said: 'Kong Ming regards me as a woman!'" 'Immediately take it"—he really took it......
Whether this matter is true or not, regardless of it for the time being, even if it is true, it also belongs to Sima Yi's black history, Sima has the world, so who dares to say this? It was not until the middle of the Eastern Jin Dynasty that the authority of the Sima family fell greatly, not only with the Langya Wang clan and other Nandu clans "sharing the world", but also repeatedly coerced by the ministers, Sun Sheng dared to record this matter. As for Pei Songzhi's citation, because he is a native of the Southern Song Dynasty, of course he doesn't care about discrediting the ancestors of the Sima family.
Therefore, if there is such a thing, there are very few people in the world who know about it, and there is only Pei Gai who dares to discuss it with others, and no one knows about Shi Sheng and even Zhao Jun. This agitation plan is very vicious, and Sima Yi can bear it, and a different person may not have this mind, but if there is a precedent, the big guys have the bottom in their hearts, maybe they won't be fooled.
Shi Sheng is young after all, and he has always been brave and brave, and he has never heard of such a thing, so of course he can't bear it. Moreover, the envoy was received in the big tent, and the envoy's incomparably poisonous words entered the ears of the generals, if Shi Sheng did not react to this, even if this humiliation was swallowed hard, his position in the eyes of the generals would inevitably be damaged-
So vicious, humiliating you to your face, when you are a woman, you can bear it? You're actually a coward, aren't you? Maybe in a few days, the nickname of "Son-in-law" will spread throughout the army...... As soon as the Jin people preach it again, it is possible to spread it all over the world, so does he still have the face to live in the world?
Therefore, even if Wang Xu and others repeatedly dissuaded him, saying that this was a "trick", don't be fooled, the king, Shi Shengquan should be on the sidelines-don't I know it's a scheme? But this matter has not fallen on you, you can naturally talk to the side in the spring breeze, and if I eat hard, will I still have the face to see people from now on?!
Shi Sheng decided to go out tomorrow and fight a decisive battle with the Jin army, and the generals responded one after another, and the morale was very high - after all, if the main general was burdened with the name of "son-in-law", we would have no shame under his command.
As a result, it was suggested that the people's livelihood in Bingzhou was withering, and the grain was insufficient, so it was not suitable for a long-term confrontation with the Jin people; It is also said that the Jin people are outnumbered after all-according to the investigation is less than 10,000, only one-third of the Zhao army - no matter how brave and good at fighting, we will fight against the back, even if we do not win, we will not suffer a big loss if we retreat in time...... All in all, the serious arguments of Wang Xu and others were completely rejected.
Although Shi Sheng was indignant, he did not dare to hold it up, but repeatedly discussed with the generals, and finally decided to leave 10,000 soldiers to defend the fortress, and sent 20,000 soldiers and horses out of front to attack the Jin division.
So early the next morning, the drums of the two camps were beaten, and then the soldiers drove outside the camp one after another, set up a formation, and confronted each other from afar. Shi Sheng immediately entered the formation, but he didn't see the other party coming, turned his head to ask Wang Xu, Wang continued: "With the minister's speculation, the Jin people will want to exhaust me, wait for me to be angry, and then launch an attack." Shi Sheng asked, "Can I attack first?" Wang Xu shook his head and said, "Please rest easy, don't be impatient......"
The main thing is that the red sun is rising, and in the southeast direction, the sun is shining on the side to Zhao Lei, and the sergeant soldiers inevitably feel a little dazzling...... The king continued: "If the thief takes advantage of this time to attack me, I will be in a bad direction, and it may be difficult to resist. If he doesn't move, why should I attack first? ”
As a result, neither side of the country refused to take the lead in attacking, and they confronted each other from a distance, and the confrontation took a long time. Shi Sheng took the opportunity to mobilize his troops and horses and arranged the formation extremely firmly. Since the terrain is narrow and the cavalry is difficult to maneuver, it is very likely that during the fierce battle, he will try to hit the Zhao formation head-on, so he has arranged a lot of spearmen in the front in advance, ready to stop the charge of the enemy cavalry at any time.
The sun rose higher and higher, and finally approached the direction overhead, and only then did a drum sound in the Jin formation, and several phalanxes began to slowly advance forward. Seeing this, Shi Sheng immediately drew his knife, looked into the sky, and the big flag beside him grinded, and Zhao Zhen also moved forward accordingly.
The two sides gradually approached, first with bows and arrows, then with short combat, and soon they were in one place. The quality of the Jin soldiers is quite high, and the command of Liu Yang and other generals is also quite orderly, and as soon as they make contact, they will force Zhao Zhen back more than ten steps. But although Shi Sheng was young, he followed Shi Le to fight in Hebei after all, and he also had four or five years of combat experience, and the generals under his command, as well as many warriors, plus the number of soldiers in the battle exceeded twice that of the Jin side, so he adjusted the deployment in time and transferred the new army, and finally stopped the Jin division's forward momentum.
Liu Yang saw that a round of charges could not destroy the enemy, so he immediately restrained the soldiers and retreated, reorganized, and then rushed again. In this way, he fought for a long time, before the three Jinshi, and the three Jinshi, but in the end, he did not retreat less than fifty steps, and the two sides were still undefeated and undefeated.
Wang Xu said to Shi Sheng: "Although the Jin people are brave, our military strength is superior enough to stop them. At the end of his strong crossbow, the king launched a counterattack in time, or had a chance to break the enemy - when the red sun fell westward, the glow shot directly into the eyes of the Jin people, and it was the time when our army turned defeat into victory. ”
Immediately, he warned Shi Sheng again, saying: "General Liu Yangsu is also incomprehensible, why didn't he attack me first when the sun rose, why couldn't he destroy my formation, and refused to withdraw his troops in time?" I am afraid that the person who is plotting it is in the west of the day, so as to pretend to retreat, but in fact, the soldiers and horses are secretly ambushed. Although the king can advance to break the enemy, be careful not to chase after him far away, and use the fang to trick him! ”
Shi Sheng smiled and nodded: "What I said when I joined the army is true, I know it." ”
In fact, the two armies had just clashed, and Shi Sheng estimated that the integrity of the Jin army's array, the courage of the soldiers, as well as the avoidance of advance and retreat, and the command from the heart, were still far above his previous judgment. Because the terrain is relatively narrow, although the number of your own troops is twice as large as that of the defenders, it is three times that of the enemy, you cannot divide and attack together, and can only use wheel tactics to invest twice as many fresh troops as the opponent. In this case, as long as the command is proper and there are no mistakes, there is a good chance of a draw, and as for the face to face defeat the enemy, the possibility is very small.
This kind of battle really doesn't make much sense to fight. This battle was completely due to the aggressive tactics of the counterpart, in order to show the whole army and even the world that he was not a coward, let alone a son-in-law of Shile...... Since you have fought and you haven't lost yet, it's enough, so why bother adding to it?
So he didn't need Wang Xu to remind him, he had already made a decision, once the red sun fell in the west, and the sun was not good for the Jin people, he would take the opportunity to launch a counterattack. As long as the Jin division is forced back, the battle line is restored to its original position, and even one or twenty steps can be advanced, then it can be declared internally and externally that the final victor belongs to our Zhao army. When the time comes, no matter how the Jin people tempt, I will never chase after it, so as not to go too far and be defeated.
The two armies fought for a long time, and the red sun crossed overhead and gradually fell to the northwest. Finally, the sunlight directly shone towards the Jin formation, and under its influence, the advance of the Jin army stagnated slightly, and Liu Yang hurriedly adjusted his deployment and shrank backwards again.
It's time! Shi Sheng immediately lifted the long knife again, his eyes were blazing, and he was looking at the Jin formation, ready to raise the blade upwards at any time and give the order for a comprehensive counterattack. At this time, I suddenly saw a change in the Jin formation, and the soldiers quickly gathered with several banners as the core, and several wide gaps appeared.
Immediately the sound of rumbling horses' hooves sounded, and hundreds of knights in heavy armor, escorted by their attendants, galloped out of the gap neatly, and then divided to the left and right, and lined up in front of the army. Shi Sheng couldn't help but be taken aback, and looked closely, but he saw that everyone was heavily armoured, and the horses were also wearing armor, and the equipment was so well-equipped, which was really rare in his life!
He had also fought against the Xianbei soldiers—although it was not Tuoba Xianbei, but Duan's Xianbei—and he knew that there were often lance cavalry in the Xianbei army, and the men and horses were all armored, and the conflict was very fierce. However, this kind of full set of heavy armor and horse armor is extremely expensive, and only the small and medium-sized nobles who have received more than 100 tents in the Xianbei people can afford it-the big nobles are directly generals, and they may not be in front of the battle-so the heavy cavalry of the Duan Department is only two or three hundred.
As for Tuoba Xianbei, it is said that he is more elite than the Duan Division, but as far as Shi Hu said at the time of the handover, he can only encounter such three or five hundred horsemen at most in each battle. Shi Hu also once reminded Shi Sheng, saying: "In this Xianbei heavy ride, you can't go straight against its edge, you can only use a strong formation and a spear to stop its charge, and when its strength is exhausted, it can be broken." Fortunately, there are only a few of them, and if a thousand riders come, even I cannot be a ......."
Shi Shengxin said that I was still looking forward to the fact that after defending and annexing the state, I could have the opportunity to see such a humble heavy cavalry, and if I could try to defeat it and peel off my equipment, I could form my own heavy cavalry unit...... However, now that I see the heavy cavalry of the Jin people-it is estimated that they learned from Xianbei, or even borrowed some of the Xianbei soldiers--it is not the same as what Shi Hu said, it is very neat, and countless horses' hooves and drums rise and fall almost at the same time, and the earth is also trembling, and there is no need to touch, which has caused strong psychological pressure on our side......
is so elite, you really can't fight hard, you can only defend firmly first, and then find an opportunity to launch a counterattack...... No, most of these Jin people use offense instead of defense, which is a harbinger of preparing to retreat, if I can stop it, I would rather not chase it, and this is the end of today.
So he hurriedly changed the formation, and the short soldiers on the front hurriedly retreated, put the spearmen in front of the formation, and waited for the battle; Then he ordered the archers to lie behind him, ready to wait for the Jin cavalry to enter the range of fire, and then ten thousand arrows were fired.
The two armies disengaged, and the Zhao army no longer pressed, and hurriedly changed formations, giving the Jin "armored cavalry" enough time to line up. Then, just when the spearmen and archers of the Zhao side had just arrived and had not yet strictly organized their ranks, the Jin cavalry formation was over, and immediately the drums and horses' hooves rumbled, and they approached the Zhao army.
Soon, Jin Qi entered within one hundred and twenty steps of the Zhao Formation. Shi Sheng gave an order, and more than a thousand arrows were thrown into the sky in the formation - but it was a pity that although the Jin cavalry was still only moving forward, the speed was still faster than the ordinary infantry formation, and the first round of arrows of the Zhao army fell between the two rows of Jin cavalry, and only two or three attendants were accidentally hit by arrows, but the arrows were exhausted due to the distance, and they were not heavy losses.
Shi Sheng hurriedly fired a second round of arrows - estimating that when the string was loosened, the Jin cavalry should have been close to within eighty paces, so he gave up throwing and fired straight instead. But who wants to Jin after riding the horse's attendant preemptively raised the crossbow to shoot, although there are only hundreds of arrows, but the aim is both fine, the arrow power is also strong, a round of shooting, seven or eight out of ten, many spearmen in the front of the Zhao army immediately screamed and fell.
Shi Sheng hurriedly shot arrows, and at the same time hurriedly dragged away the wounded spearmen and replaced them with the second platoon, so as to ensure that the spear formation was not chaotic.
The sound of drums gradually intensified, and the first row of Jin cavalry began to accelerate, and nearly a thousand hooves stepped down, and its sound was stronger than that of ordinary horses' hooves, and the sound was terrifying. Shi Sheng was secretly frightened, although he couldn't see the faces of the soldiers in front of him, he could already imagine the panic and fear on their faces...... Hurriedly shouted the order: "But the spear array is strictly guarded, the enemy will be difficult to break, and those who dare to step will be killed!" ”
The herald had just held the banner and galloped forward, and the second row of Jin cavalry had already galloped within a hundred paces, and his attendants shot out another round of crossbow arrows. The crossbow is stronger than the bow, mainly in the accuracy and direct range, these squires are carrying knee crossbows, the power is not comparable to ordinary foot bows, they have long before the start, they have pulled the strings, and mounted the arrow, and so on into the range of the range, immediately aimed at the enemy, a hundred arrows in unison.
Because the accuracy is relatively high, and there is no strong wind at this time, coupled with repeated training in advance, although it shoots directly, it will not accidentally injure the two rows of its own heavy riders in front. Of course, the first row of heavy cavalry squires issued crossbows, which made it easy to select and aim at targets; The second row of heavy cavalry squires issued crossbows, because there were two rows of local knights in front of them, and there were also local squires in the first row, so in order to avoid accidental injury, the number of targets that could be successfully aimed at was very limited. Therefore, in this round of shooting, the spearmen of the Zhao army only fell a dozen people.
However, a few of them were unlucky, and they were targeted by six or seven or more soldiers at the same time...... There's basically no chance of surviving.
After the second round of shooting, Jin Qi suddenly accelerated and rushed straight to the Zhao formation. So far, although Zhao Jun has fired three rounds of arrows, he has not suffered a single defeat!
At that time, the power and penetration of bows and arrows were generally insufficient, and under normal circumstances, as long as you wore a collar of leather armor, you could still be alive by dozens of arrows - as long as you were not shot - not to mention that the Jin cavalry was heavy on armor, and the vital parts were covered by metal, and even the face, neck, and chest of the war horse were also decorated with iron nails outside the leather armor. If an arrow is coming towards the front door, the Jin cavalry has a small shield tied to his left arm, and he only needs to cover it slightly, and it will be fine.
Presumably, if the Jin cavalry was in the process of charging, more than a dozen or even more people would fall off their horses with heavy injuries - this is a common thing when the light cavalry charged into battle, and it is more likely that the war horse was injured - the morale of the Zhao army would definitely not fall, and maybe there might be a small increase. But seeing the arrows, the Jin cavalry was fine, and only the dozen or so attendants who followed behind temporarily lost their combat effectiveness - the archers' main target was the cavalry, and it was purely accidental to shoot the attendants - the Zhao army was all shocked, and even their hands and feet were weak.
In particular, Jin Qi's chest was full of bright metal plates, reflecting the light of the setting sun, shining brightly, but it flashed so that many Zhao pawns in front of him couldn't open their eyes......
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