Chapter 268: The Fog of War

"Are the Goguryeo people still attacking?"

The fourth child stood on an arrow tower and waited for a long time, but he didn't see the Goguryeo people step forward, and he was a little impatient.

Luo Cheng asked Ximen Junyi to move a chair over and put it in front of the Chinese army, he lay down in his clothes, basking in the sun leisurely, and even closed his eyes, erlang's legs, while drinking Qu'er.

This style of work diluted the tension before the war a lot.

The recruits, who were originally nervous because of the sudden appearance of Goguryeo light cavalry, also slowly calmed down. Even the people who were still busy carrying arrows felt less panicked.

The Goguryeo 3,000 light horsemen seemed to be in a dilemma.

They came in a hurry, and they wanted to eat it in one bite because they had a vanguard of the Sui army, which had only a few thousand men and horses, and they wanted to eat it in one bite. But when I got here, I found that this bone was not easy to gnaw.

It is true that the Sui army is only a few thousand people, and there are only five or six thousand people in the battalion, but most of them are strong with the army and civilians. The real Sui army had only two or three thousand soldiers, but they had a lot of bows and crossbows. Especially those arrow towers and crossbow platforms, if you really want to attack it, I'm afraid there will be a lot of damage.

"Most of the time it's still going to be attacked."

Luo Cheng opened his eyes, took a sip of the brewed hot tea.

When the military academies heard this, they were not worried but happy.

If these Goguryeo people were so timid and scared away by this bow and crossbow, then they would not have a chance to earn military merits.

"Seeing the Goguryeo people prepare, it seems that they want to fight hard."

After that, Luo Cheng took another sip of tea.

However, in less than half an hour, the state of the Sui army and the people in the camp has changed greatly. At the beginning, when Goguryeo rode lightly, these people were panicked, especially those who were strong, and they were even more sad, Luo Cheng believed that these people were thinking of scattering and fleeing at any time.

But now, the hesitation of the Goguryeo people has made the confidence of the Sui soldiers continue to soar.

"Be careful, don't underestimate the enemy, although we have a strong bow and crossbow, but the Goguryeo people are also very strong in riding and shooting, and when they attack, they must ride and shoot first. Prevent those recruits from collapsing in the first battle! ”

The other Luo Cheng was not worried, but he was still worried about the recruits in the battalion, especially the government soldiers other than the six hundred Zhangqiu soldiers he brought, if these people were frightened by the tragedy of the fight, no one could say what would happen.

Just like the camp roar sometimes occurred in the ancient military camp, in the middle of the night, there were suddenly soldiers in the camp who had nightmares, and then had a nervous breakdown and yelled, triggering a chain reaction of other mentally stressed and depressed soldiers, and some soldiers would fall into hysterical rage after a mental breakdown.

Thus, in the darkness of the night, the whole barracks fell into a rage and chaos, and it was said that if the camp was severely punished, after daybreak, there would hardly be any people left in the camp, and all of them would have killed each other or fled.

Luo Cheng didn't have any good options, just ordered and got ready.

In each team, the leader of the team must stand at the front, with the flag bearer standing in the second column, and two flag guards standing on the left and right of the flag bearer to protect the flag and the team leader.

Then the soldiers in the squad lined up in several columns, and in the last row stood a platoon lieutenant.

The deputy of the team acts as the role of supervising the battle and supervising the army, and whoever dares to retreat and run away will be killed on the spot.

This formation is also a commonly used array for the Sui army.

The team leader must stand at the forefront, so the team leaders of the Great Sui Mansion soldiers are the grassroots officers with the greatest casualties. After crossing the head of the line, you generally don't need to be at the front.

Because of these characteristics, the leaders of the Sui army are all black and brave soldiers, and most of the officers who can survive have survived from the team leaders, whether it is ability, bravery or even luck, they are among the best.

"Military law reaffirmed!"

Wang Ziming, who was in the army, was reading out the military order in the camp with several officers.

"If the team loses the leader, the whole team is useless. If the team loses the team flag, the whole team will be guilty, the team leader will lose the team flag, and the humble flag will be killed! The team leader, team flag, and flag are all lost, and more than half of the team's death is spared. ”

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"The head of the team died, the deputy of the team took over in front of the formation, and the deputy of the team was taken over by the first fire chief."

The team leader and flag are the symbols of a team, if the head of a team dies and the team flag is lost, then the team is gone. The team leader and the team flag are gone, and the two banners that are the flags will be executed, and if the banners are also dead, the whole team will be punished. Unless, more than half of the team's deaths persist to the end, can they be exonerated.

"Those who escape, cut it immediately!"

The military regulations of the government soldiers of the Sui Dynasty were extremely strict, and even when they were about to fight, the crossbowmen did not wait for the order to be issued, and released the arrows in advance, and they had to be directly executed.

The soldier had to charge when it was time to charge, and if he did not have the order to charge in advance, he would be directly executed.

The purpose of these strict military orders was to ensure the unity of the military formations in wartime and to prevent confusion. And the embankment of thousands of miles was destroyed in the anthill, and what I was most afraid of was the chaos and disorder of this small individual, which would cause the disorder and collapse of the entire group's military formation.

In order to ensure order, there are these strict military laws, officers at all levels, and even military judges.

The crossbowmen of the crossbow battalion were all in place, and even the other infantrymen had temporarily put down their weapons, picked up their rifles, and stood in the village to stand by.

Only the light cavalry sat on the ground with their horses on standby, and they did not have to act as crossbowmen for the time being.

As for the heavy cavalry, at this time, they were still sitting in the center of the formation, and they didn't even need to wear armor.

I waited about an hour.

The tangled Goguryeo people really chose to attack, and the horn sounded.

However, the Goguryeo people are obviously more experienced, and they did not directly say that they came to the camp like a swarm.

They first collected some dry firewood, leaves, wet branches, etc., and then began to set a fire not far from the camp, because of the addition of wet branches and leaves, so when the fire was built, it did not burn vigorously, but smoke.

These billowing smoke soon filled the battlefield, and also obscured the vision of the Sui army in the battalion.

Then these Goguryeo people continued to collect combustible materials such as dry firewood, but they were preparing for fire attacks.

The smoke was everywhere, and the Sui army in the camp seemed to be blind, and the smoke was very pungent, and many Sui soldiers and people who were originally at peace were a little restless and restless.

"These guys seem to be quite experienced!" Shi Meng stretched out his hand and fanned the cigarette in front of him, and said to Luo Cheng.

"Defenseless, with the fog of war, we can't see them, and they can't see us clearly. Now everyone can't see each other, although the power of the bow and crossbow has been greatly reduced, but it is all corresponding, and when the war starts, they will shoot at each other indiscriminately. "Luo Cheng's rare mentality is very good, and the smoke still has a great impact.

But as he said, it's a two-way street. They can't see the Goguryeo people outside the camp, and the Goguryeo people can't see them in the camp.

The big deal is that I started firing arrows fifty or sixty paces away, but now I don't release arrows until I am twenty or thirty paces away.

Outside the camp, the drums were beating incessantly, and the sound of horses' hooves was heard.

The Goguryeo people moved.

But instead of rushing directly to the camp, they are circling around the camp.

As he turned, he shot arrows into the camp, but the arrows were sparse, and it seemed that he was trying to release arrows.

"Don't be in a hurry to release the arrows, wait until you are close to twenty or thirty paces away, at least you can see the human figure clearly. Remember, in a group of five, five people are staring at one target and shooting one person together. ”

In order to ensure accuracy, Qi Guoyuan came up with a plan, that is, a group of five people, a team of 100 infantry into twenty battle groups, and a basic fire was divided into two groups, so that a group of five people. Five people stand together, staring at one target, and five people shoot a salvo.

In order to ensure the maximum accuracy of shooting.

This is definitely more effective than shooting indiscriminately.

"Listen all to it, in groups of five, one in a salvo. Also, in wartime, no beheading, no search for loot, if there is a violation, immediately beheaded! ”