What the hell is Zhao Jun doing?

Zhao Yong rode on the horse, and Le Yi and Wu Guang were on one side, one was serious and cautious, and the other looked pleasant, forming a strong contrast. This is also related to the style of doing things of the two people, Le Yi is the kind of person who sticks to his beliefs, as long as he thinks it is right, he will stick to it, just like he insisted on not going to Zhao State, but going to Wei State first. Wu Guang, on the other hand, is a bureaucratic style, especially after Zhao Yong came to power, constantly weakening his power, so that many people have disdained him. Being able to accompany Zhao Yong on the expedition this time, he naturally hopes to save some face, at least to reflect his own value. So this time, he kept talking to Zhao Yong.

"Your Majesty's plan this time is indeed very thoughtful." Wu Guang tugged on the reins, controlled the horses under him, and said with a smile: "Who would have thought that the king deliberately let the Zhongshan army see us leave, and in fact, he also ambushed the rear move?" ”

Zhao Yong smiled slightly, but he didn't care very much, but Le Yi next to him said a little calmly: "Actually, it's not difficult to guess, if it wasn't the first to find out that the other party was preparing to attack from Fanwu, our army would not have made the decision to take the initiative to meet the enemy." On the other hand, if the Zhongshan Army held on to the ground at this time, if the supporting forces were defeated, the Shiyi garrison would not be able to escape the charge of delaying the fighters. If we take the initiative to attack, we will be able to divert the tiger from the mountain. To put it bluntly, in this battle, the other party was still led by our nose. ”

After Le Yi himself was a famous general, he had a family history, although in his generation, many things had been lost, but out of his innate keen sense of war, he had the brilliant record of almost destroying the Qi State later. However, no matter how magical it is, Le Yi's status in the history of Chinese affairs has never been able to surpass his predecessor Sun Bin. is because Sun Bin is precisely the grandmaster who created a generation of genres, and Le Yi is at most a relatively outstanding general. But this did not affect his military talents in the slightest, and naturally, his sometimes indecisive problems were areas that he had to overcome.

Although Zhao Yong has no special research in military affairs, he has rich experience in grasping people's hearts and predicting the situation by fighting in shopping malls for the year. And his decisive momentum of killing the superior is even more secretly in line with his identity as the king of a country.

Therefore, Zhao Yongjia Le Yi, plus Pang Cong, Zhao Xi and other generals as counselors, can be regarded as a pair of team combinations that complement each other and improve each other.

"I hope the other party can come and chase after us as we wish." Zhao Yong said with a smile.

"Definitely." Le Yi said firmly.

In order to catch up with the Zhao army to the greatest extent, Sima Chong also exhausted the mobile troops in Shiyi City this time, almost all the cavalry were brought out by him, and nearly half of the chariot soldiers also followed him on the road. His idea is also simple, since Zhao Jun wants to march towards Fanwu with all his might, he naturally won't pay too much attention to his rear army. And the rear army, in half of the case, is some baggage troops. As long as you are fast enough to catch up with these baggage soldiers, then this attack will not be a loss. The strategic intent of the Zhao army is very clear, that is, it hopes to send reinforcements first, and then turn back to attack Shiyi. And he took the initiative to attack, that is, he and the reinforcements, to attack back and forth, and completely eliminate this Zhao army.

Sima Chong is not a fool, he constantly sends out scouts to understand the movements of Zhao Jun, and he also hopes to understand his surroundings. When the news came from Tanma and the front found Zhao Jun's baggage troops, Sima Chong almost jumped off his horse happily and danced.

"Can you be sure it's the other side's baggage troops?" In the face of temptation, he still tried to keep his calm, hoping that his spies could give him a definite answer.

"Although they are too far away to determine whether the other party is really a baggage soldier, it seems from their group of carts that they should not be a combat unit." The spy said. In the era when there were no telescopes, it was indeed difficult to confirm the identity of a unit from a distance, and it was more based on personal experience.

"Can't get up close?" Sima Chong was obviously not very satisfied with this answer, his brows furrowed slightly, obviously with some doubts.

"This... Subordinates are incompetent. Zhao Jun seems to attach great importance to the protection of this army, many soldiers are far away from the convoy to patrol, want to get close, it is not easy, and it is easy to expose themselves. The spy said with a wry smile.

"That's understandable. After all, since the Zhao army wanted to attack Fanwu's reinforcements with all its might, it was natural to do a good job of protecting the baggage, because once it chose to attack, it must be prepared for the logistics and transportation to be cut off. They strengthen their defense, which is also a normal choice. Sima Chong was still frowning, in his opinion, Zhao Jun's choice could also be reasonably explained.

"The subordinates also thought so, so they judged that this unit was a baggage force. If the Zhao army wants to cause a huge impact on the Fanwu reinforcements, it must put all the combat troops in front, and if they pay too much attention to the baggage troops, it is easy to drag down the attack of the troops. Therefore, his subordinates boldly guessed that this army was undoubtedly the baggage force of the Zhao army. The spies also told their own analysis through years of experience.

"Well, that's reasonable." Sima Chong nodded and continued to ask, "Is there a suitable place to launch an attack ahead?" ”

"Back to the general, there is a forest in front, if our army can kill the other party before they enter the woods, it will definitely be able to achieve miraculous results."

"The woods?" Sima Chong thought for a while, nodded and said, "In this way, the whole army will accelerate the attack!" ”

Zeng Yun: Walking in the mountains and forests, dangers, and frustration, those who are difficult to walk are for the land. And he said, "I will enter into the earth." That is to say, when marching and fighting, when passing through mountains and forests, you should pass quickly and not stay too much, because this kind of place, due to the complexity of the terrain, will encounter more ambushes. Therefore, most armies, before entering the mountains and forests, must go through a period of repair, the purpose is to have enough rest before they can march quickly through this place.

However, the choice of repair site varies, and in general, generals will choose to be some distance away from the woodland, in order to avoid being attacked by the enemy who is ambushed in the forest, and they cannot make timely precautions. But this, for Zhao Jun, there is no need to worry about it at all.

When the Zhongshan cavalry led by Sima Chong saw the baggage troops of the Zhao army, they suddenly found a problem, that is, the repair site of the Zhao army turned out to be next to the woodland, besieging a circle, and in the middle were dozens of baggage vehicles, scattered and scattered, but also casual, and there were many soldiers guarding the periphery, holding Changge, cautiously surrounding the baggage convoy in the middle, while trimming, while watching the surrounding movements. Therefore, when the Zhongshan soldiers appeared, the Zhao army also discovered the enemy for the first time, immediately played the snare drum, and began to assemble the army, lined up in formation, and prepared to meet the enemy.

Although he was puzzled by Zhao Jun's behavior, the situation had changed, and he could not allow himself to hesitate. Sima Chongchuan ordered to go and asked the cavalry on the left flank to attack the Zhao army first.

The attack method of the Zhongshan cavalry is somewhat similar to that of the Zhao army, but to say that the former imitates the latter is pure lie, because the ancestors from the grassland told the Zhongshan people from the beginning that in the grassland, bows and arrows and horses are the most suitable combination. Therefore, the cavalry on the left flank of Zhongshan, holding the traditional tactics handed down by their ancestors, launched a rain of arrows attack on the Zhao army.

Zhao Yong has always believed that in the category of arms restraint, cavalry is absolutely inferior to spearmen, after all, Alexander the Great's Macedonian phalanx made Alexander the Great the first great monarch to establish an empire across Europe, Asia and Africa. The Macedonian phalanx is considered to be an important formation for restraining cavalry.

But now, he doesn't think so. Because Pang Cong once said that if it is a heavily armored spearman like Wei Wushu, the chance of winning against the cavalry may be much greater, but it is difficult for ordinary spearmen to cause huge casualties to the cavalry, the key is that when facing the cavalry charge, the spearmen need to have a strong psychological construction ability, otherwise looking at the scene of thousands of horses rushing in front of them, many people will have the idea of retreating, not to mention that they are still wearing ordinary cloth armor. The natural fear of human beings is destined to be unable to complete the resistance of the cavalry, but to retreat one after another.

The nomads in the East have taken the bow and arrow to the extreme, and almost every Eastern cavalry has short-range and long-range weapons, when attacking from a distance, it is the world of bows and arrows, and the close-range attack is the stage of swords. Therefore, in the face of the Zhao soldiers in a defensive formation, after a rain of arrows, the Zhongshan cavalry drew their swords and prepared to impact the opponent's already scattered formation, believing that as long as the melee battle began, the Zhao army would inevitably scatter and flee.

However, just when Zhongshan Jun thought that the victory was in his hands, Zhao Jun's baggage car suddenly changed, and the car was only wrapped in thick cloth and suddenly rolled over, and after a while, the thick cloth was lifted open, revealing small boxes inside, like coffins, only allowing one person to move, at least five people in each car, and more than 30 cars, about 150 people, jumped out one after another, turned out their weapons from the car, and quickly assembled and set up a defensive formation.

They were armed with large shields, short swords in the other, crossbow machines behind their backs, leather armor, and resolute expressions, which were very different from ordinary soldiers. Even in the face of the cavalry of the Zhongshan Kingdom, he still looked ahead with a heavy expression. And those ordinary Zhao troops quickly formed a formation behind them, protecting the baggage carts.

In this situation, if Sima Chong no longer knows what is going on, it would be too stupid: they have been tricked!