Chapter 158: The Whole Army Attacks (I)
As soon as the forwards of the two sides fought, Huainan had the upper hand in the battle, but Sikong Guan and the two took the initiative to ask for their lives because they were afraid that they would take the lead in getting off the horse and paying homage before would make Tian Yan hold a grudge, so they were still very desperate when they fought. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Under the repeated urging of the two generals, the Xuanzhou army gradually stabilized its position, and the pace of Huainan's advance began to stop, and the two sides began to fight back and forth. Thousands of soldiers fought together, spears pierced everywhere they looked, swords were slashed, and all that entered the ears were shouts of killing and screaming, and soldiers on both sides were desperately trying to inflict more casualties on each other, and a large number of soldiers fell in a short time.
Tactically speaking, the Xuanzhou Army was part of the Huainan Army before, so their troop configuration, tactical habits, etc. are almost the same, and even because they are their own elites, even the equipment is the best. Therefore, when the Xuanzhou army stabilized its position, the two sides held each other, and it was difficult to distinguish between the superior and the inferior, even in terms of casualties on both sides, perhaps Huainan had a slight advantage, but it was not much.
On Yang Wu's side, Mi Zhicheng sent a messenger to ask: "Shizi, General Mi asked the little one to come and ask, now that the enemy and us are in such a stalemate, I am afraid that it will be difficult to win in a short time, and the casualties of our army will not be small." Shouldn't you send someone up to answer it and defeat the opponent's vanguard in one fell swoop? ”
Yang Wu shook his head and said, "No need, you go back and tell your general, let him wait patiently, you can't send troops without the general's order!" ”
If Huainan sends someone to meet it, the Xuanzhou army on the opposite side will definitely send people, and it will become a tactic to add fuel, and it will have no other effect except for continuing to bleed both sides.
Moreover, Yang Wu has confidence in his personally trained subordinates, and the source of this confidence lies in the fact that his soldiers have undergone rigorous training and can endure long-term battles; The Xuanzhou army was hit one after another before the war, its morale was greatly reduced, and its momentum was much weaker.
Sure enough, after the battle lasted for half an hour, the morale of the Xuanzhou army was down, and the battle did not have the ruthlessness just now, and it was gradually at a disadvantage, and was beaten back again and again by the Huainan army, and even its own position was a little unable to hold on.
In front of the Xuanzhou army, Tian Yan's face changed slightly when he saw this, this forward battle saw that they had lost, and after experiencing continuous blows, even the forward battle had been lost, wouldn't the morale of the soldiers be even lowered?
He turned to look at the soldiers under his command, and saw that their faces were indeed a little depressed and frightened, and he knew that the battle situation was not good today.
"Zhang Jiasheng, you bring people up to pick up Sikong Guan and they take down!" Tian Yan hurriedly ordered the general in charge of pressing the formation, intending to collect the troops and return to the camp for regrouping.
However, if Tian Yan wants to collect troops, he also depends on whether the Huainan army on the other side agrees.
When they saw Chen Fan and the others killing the vanguard of the Xuanzhou army and retreating again and again, before Yang Wu could give an order, Tai Meng shouted: "The enemy army is about to be defeated, and the morale must be greatly reduced, why should you wait if you don't attack at this time?" Order, the whole army attacked! ”
"Let Mi Zhicheng lead an army of 5,000 to attack Tian Yan's main formation, and Ben will personally lead 3,000 people to respond behind."
"Li Decheng led an army of 3,000 to attack the enemy's left flank, and General Qin Pei led an army of 5,000 to attack the enemy's right flank!"
"Let Chen Fan and the others lead the army to retreat and recuperate, and serve as a reserve together with General Zhu Siqing!"
"General Hou Zhan's cavalry stayed behind first and waited for the opportunity, ready to attack at any time......"
Tai Meng used to be a one-sided general, accustomed to giving orders to others, at this time he opened his mouth to give orders as soon as he became excited, and one after another military orders continued to come out of his mouth, and when all the orders were issued, he saw that those messengers looked at him dumbfounded, and then he remembered that Yang Wu next to him was the commander of the army, and he couldn't help but be embarrassed.
"Ah, Shizi, I'm sorry, the old man was so excited that he forgot ......"
Yang Wu knew that Tai Meng was too excited to see the fighter plane's reaction, so he just smiled and didn't care, he waved his hand at the few herald messengers who were still hesitant and said: "General Tai's order is the general's order, don't give the order yet!" ”
This is not the time to hesitate, he and Tai Meng have resorted to many schemes, just to try to hit the enemy's morale before today's battle, and now the enemy's morale is at its lowest, so why not take the opportunity to attack?
"Knock, knock, knock......"
The drums beat loudly and shook the battlefield.
With the sound of the fierce war drums, the Huainan military formation, which was still standing solemnly before, immediately came to life, and groups of infantry formed a formation with battalions as units, marching forward with neat steps, and the black pressure crowd surged forward like ants, covering the earth.
This time, the whole army still used a dignified formation, without any conspiracy and tricks, that is, taking advantage of the decline of the opponent's morale, with dignified and upright soldiers to continue to attack and crush, until the opposite Xuanzhou army could not hold its position and there was confusion, and there was a rout.
In front of the Xuanzhou Army, seeing the sound of war drums on the opposite side, Tian Yan immediately knew the plans of the Huainan Army, even if he was in Yang Wu's position, he would definitely not let go of this opportunity to attack.
Looking at the military column on the opposite side with a strict formation, swords and guns covering the sun, and the military appearance at its peak, Tian Yan could feel the compelling killing aura from hundreds of steps, knowing that the people on the opposite side were the real elites of a hundred battles, and a chill couldn't help but rise in his heart.
However, although he also knew that the decisive battle was not good for his side at this time, and wanted to collect his troops and fight again, the enemy army had already attacked, and they had no chance to escape, so they could only fight hard.
"Li Wenhao, you are responsible for guarding the left flank, Liu Zong, you are responsible for guarding the right flank, and this general will lead the Chinese army. All units must hold their positions and not give the enemy any chance to ......"
Tian Yan also issued orders again and again, so that all departments were ready to meet the enemy, and finally said with deep meaning: "Generals, everyone will raise troops together with this commander to create a great cause, now is the critical moment to fight with the enemy, you should think about your family!" ”
"The last general will fight to the death!" The generals were in their hearts and replied with their fists clenched.
This was a decisive battle, a decisive battle that began on the first day of the encounter between the two sides, and a total of 40,000 troops from Huainan and Xuanzhou gathered on a meadow north of Guangde, posing for a decisive battle.
However, as Tai Meng said, they won two games in a row before the war, and after the war, they defeated each other again in the forward battle, which greatly reduced the morale of the Xuanzhou army.
After Chen Fan and Fan Sicong defeated their opponents, they saw that the other party began to retreat, and pursued them without hesitation, completely defeating the already somewhat unstable Xuanzhou army's formation, and fled in embarrassment.