Chapter 195: Morale, Blood, and Courage, Who Is the Enemy
Later generations have a saying that the soft are afraid of the hard, the hard are afraid of the horizontal, and the horizontal are afraid of not dying, and in the era of cold weapon warfare, morale is the top priority.
Because the higher the morale, the heavier the combat atmosphere of the army, the more the soldiers are not afraid of death, the soldiers are brave, the combat effectiveness of the army is naturally higher, and the enemy army is often reversed and collapsed because of this, the so-called mourning soldiers will win, most of them are to improve morale in a short period of time, and the soldiers rely on a bloody back-push strong enemy, but once the morale is exhausted, there is no blood and bravery, and the combat effectiveness of the army can be imagined.
Looking at the barbarian soldiers on the field at this moment, who relied on the blood and bravery, and could still faintly suppress the well-armored Han army, Fu Quan's face was shocked, and at this moment he finally understood the reason why the barbarians were so brave, as long as an army was not afraid of death, it would not die, if there were weapons and military formations to assist, how many armies in the world could compete with it?
On the battlefield, the Han and Barbarian sides continued to hold each other, shouting and killing all over the sky, from time to time there were Han and Barbarian people and horses falling, for a while, the sword light and sword shadow continued, blood splashed everywhere, in the dusk sunset afterglow, it looked particularly gorgeous.
Seeing that the battlefield situation was like this, Fu Quan understood that there was no surprise move at this time, and it was really possible to be pushed back, so he hurriedly shouted to Xu Huang, who had been following him all the time.
"Komeito!"
"The last general!" Xu Huang walked out of the line.
"Speed elite cavalry around the enemy's rear, front and back, make sure that they can't look at both the end of the head."
"No!"
Xu Huang was stunned for a moment, and then a gleam flashed in his eyes, Guan Yu, Huang Zhong and others led troops to fight fiercely with the barbarians, how could he not be hot, even if Guan Yu was a member of the Hedong Department under the Fuquan Tent like him? Under the temptation of military exploits, he and Guan Yu are just two soldiers who climb up for military merits.
There was a slight tremor on the ground, the Han army's less than a thousand horses obviously couldn't bring a huge impact, Fuquan also had no way, there were few horses in Shu, and the horses in Shu were short, and the speed was not fast, but the endurance was good, good at climbing mountains, suitable for mountain transport, and there were fewer horses available for war horses, so the number of cavalry was not much. This is less than a thousand cavalry, which is all the cavalry of the four counties.
Looking at the cavalry that was detouring from the rear of the Han army, planning to run behind the enemy in a big circle, Fu Quan's face was dark, and he prayed in his heart that this group of cavalry could run behind the enemy line quickly, because compared with the cavalry he had seen in the north, the Shu cavalry was really too slow.
At this moment, the invasion is extremely nostalgic for the Yulin cavalry they brought from Luoyang, if they quickly maneuver behind the barbarians, they don't need to fight, just attack and disturb, causing chaos among the barbarians, and losing the morale of the army, with the superiority of the number and equipment of their own infantry army, it is not difficult to pacify them.
However, thinking that it was difficult for the northland horse to take the mountain road, Fuquan was also relieved, and the battlefield command was between the trade-offs, and it was difficult to have the best of both worlds. At this point, I can only hope that my long-trained soldiers and horses of the four counties can withstand the bloody courage of the barbarians.
When people have inexhaustible strength, Guan Yu wielded a halberd and cut down a barbarian on the left to the ground, and a barbarian on the right with a crossbow pulled the crossbow machine on him, and before he could stop it, his arm was shot, and the huge stimulation of pain made him roar angrily, and he was just about to turn around and cut down the person who was sneaking attack, and several barbarians behind him saw that he, the general of the Han army, was injured and came to besiege.
It has been a short time with the soldiers and horses of the Han army, and in this battle just now, Guan Yu's brave performance has long been reflected in the eyes of the barbarians, and they know that if they don't solve this killing god early, the impact brought by Guan Yu will improve the morale of the Han army, so seeing that he was injured, they hurriedly came to besiege.
Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, and the truth that a general is hard to find is that a good general can rely on his own charm to instantly sublimate an army, and in the same way, a soldier is a bear, and the same is true for a nest of bears, Guan Yu's courage of 10,000 enemies has deeply aroused the fear of the barbarians.
In an instant, there was a continuous sound of weapons colliding, Guan Yu waved the halberd and didn't know how many close-quarters weapons he resisted, although it was not night at this time, but in the gradually blurred sky, some slight sparks could already be seen, which were caused by the intersection of weapons and violent impact.
Guan Yu's body was tired, his face was gloomy, the barbarians were too difficult to deal with, and these county soldiers in Shu were really too weak, they were mixed by the barbarians, and their formations were all messed up, and many people were obviously hesitant to wave the weapons in their hands because the barbarians were so bloody and brave.
Still thinking about it, more than a dozen barbarians with big swords suddenly came from the left and right, shouting and killing Guan Yu, and behind them was Du Kang, the leader of the barbarians holding Tiger Stripes. Obviously, Guan Yu still did not see the Han people panic here because of his leadership, and he had already attracted the attention of Du Kang, and at this moment he personally led people to attack Guan Yu.
Of course, not only Guan Yu here, but Huang Zhong on the other side also encountered the same situation, Luo Zhan obviously also noticed Huang Zhong's abnormality there, almost at the moment of unification with Du Kang's attack on Guan Yu, he also brought more than a dozen of his own elite henchmen in the clan to clean up Huang Zhong.
The sky was about to change color, and the night seemed to be slowly curtaining, but what remained unchanged was the tragic battle between the Han army and the Banyu barbarians outside the barbarian camp.
The changes in the battlefield in front of the Han army have obviously attracted the attention of everyone in the Chinese army.
Seeing that Guan and the emperor were in trouble, Shi A was in a hurry, and hurriedly went out to salute Fuquan and said: "Zhonglang, the situation is critical, the last general will ask for his life, and bring people to rescue the two generals Guan and Huang." ”
Fu Quan glanced at him and didn't reply, what if he sent someone now, the battlefield has long been stalemate at this moment, and sending people over is also a tactic to add fuel, not to mention that his four thousand elite soldiers are ready to give the barbarians a fatal blow at the right time, how can they be easily discharged? However, Shi A's words are also right, Xu Huang's cavalry has not arrived, and the battlefield is not conducive to the Han army.
Looking up at the battlefield in front of him, he saw the two armies of the Han and Barbarians, at this time, it was like two long snakes fighting together in front, but both snakes had a tendency to be fierce in the middle and weak at both ends, his eyes lit up, and after thinking about it, Fu Quan looked at the battlefield in front and said: "Wenyuan, Yigong, Daling!" ”
Gai Yuan and Han Dang, who heard Fuquan shouting their names behind him, immediately came out of the queue and saluted with Shi Ayi: "The last general!" ”
"Carry the crossbowmen around the enemy's flanks, shoot them, regardless of the enemy and us, force the enemy's formation to shrink, and reduce the pressure on all parts of our army." Fu Quan was reluctant in his heart, but he still said in a deep voice.
The three of them were surprised, at this time the two armies were already entangled together, if they were to follow Fu Quan's order, they were likely to injure their own people by mistake, just like the barbarians on the other side, although the crossbow arrows caused a lot of casualties to the Han army, but they also caused a lot of accidental injuries to themselves, Fu Quan's order was not a good idea.