Chapter 122: Northern Expedition Zhang Chun

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After Zhang Chun raised his troops, he swept through the entire Youzhou with lightning speed, and successively killed the officials of the Han Dynasty such as Gong Qichou, the captain of Wuhuan Colonel, Liu Zheng, the Taishou of Youbeiping, and the Taishou Yangzhong of Liaodong, and the prestige of the earthquake, and the surrounding cottages and some small tribes of Xianbei have surrendered, and the number of troops has expanded to 100,000. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The imperial court was dragged by the Xiliang war, unable to look north, and did not respond positively to Zhang Chun's rebellion, Zhang Ju then issued a proclamation proclamation proclaiming himself the Son of Heaven, and named Zhang Chun as the general of Mitian and the king of stability, and openly declared that he wanted to replace the Han Dynasty, ordered Emperor Ling to abdicate, and ordered the three dukes and nine kings to serve Zhang Ju as the master.

The Ten Standing Servants controlled the government, and there was no one available, and when Emperor Ling heard about the rebellion in the north, he named Jiang Sheng to lead the army. The Ten Standing Servants were worried about the safety of the Beijing Division, so they said that the Northern Army could no longer draw troops.

Emperor Ling issued an edict to worship Jiang Sheng as a rebel general, mobilized local officials and troops in Qingzhou and Jizhou to go north to fight for thieves, and ordered Chu Yan to send troops to assist.

After Jiang Sheng received the edict, he ordered Yang Feng to temporarily take the post of county guard, Xiahoulan and Deng Mao led 1,000 troops to stay, and Jiang Sheng led Yu Ban, Zhang He led 2,000 private troops and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses from Qingzhou to run to Youzhou in the starry night, Chu Yan ordered Zhao Yun and Xianbei to stay in Jizhou, and led 30,000 soldiers and horses to the north, and 20,000 troops from various counties and counties in Jizhou.

Jiang Sheng led more than 60,000 troops to Tuyin (now Tangshan, Hebei), where the vanguard camp of Zhang Chun's rebels was located, and Zhang Chun personally led an army of 80,000 to meet the battle.

On the plain at the southern foot of Yanshan, the two armies faced each other, and a total of more than 100,000 people were about to fight. On the north side of the banner "Mitian General Zhang", on the south side of the flag is written a big "Jiang" character.

Zhang Chun's troops were funded by Wuhuan Qiu Liju, and the number of cavalry reached 20,000, and when the war drums sounded, Zhang Chun ordered the cavalry to charge, and 20,000 iron cavalry rushed to Jiang Sheng's army like a tide.

Jiang Sheng ordered the cavalry to cover on both flanks, and the infantry formed a defensive phalanx led by sword and shield soldiers, and the 20,000 archers of the whole army were waiting under the cover of the infantry army.

The combat effectiveness of the cavalry is mainly exerted in the charging formation, Jiang Sheng is to avoid its edge, frustrate its sharpness, and then use the cavalry to rush and kill.

Jiang Sheng's army slowly retreated under the command of the gong, completely unafraid of the impact of Zhang Chun's cavalry, and after the cavalry entered the best range, Jiang Sheng gave an order, and 20,000 archers were divided into three groups and fired at Zhang Chun's cavalry with the tactics of three shots.

The so-called three-stage shooting is to divide the archers into three groups, the first group will return to the rear after firing to set up the arrow, the second group will be launched immediately after, after the completion of the retreat to the first group to set up the arrow, the third group will attack again, and so on, and so on.

Jiang Shengjun's side was not disorderly and orderly, while Zhang Chun's cavalry saw that the sky was full of arrows and rain continuously, and it was much weaker in terms of momentum, Zhang Chun's cavalry had not rushed to Jiang Shengjun's front, and more than 4,000 people had already folded, and the horse was fast, and the horse was fast, and it fell into the trap pit dug by Jiang Sheng's infantry army.

Jiang Sheng's sword and shield soldiers were not only archers under the cover, but there were infantry digging in the ground between the gaps in the walking route when retreating. Although the soil of the plain at the southern foot of Yanshan is loose, it has the characteristic of standing upright and not collapsing, and at this time, Jiang Sheng also took advantage of this characteristic to dig deep gullies in the shortest possible time, without affecting the march on the stalks between the ravines.

The retreat of the officers and soldiers was tense and orderly, and the charging formation of Zhang Chun's cavalry was relatively chaotic, so that these traps played a role, and the front horse stumbled and tripped the back horse, and the cavalry who rushed to the front of the formation collided with countless stampeders.

Under the cover of Jiang Sheng's infantry, the archers were still playing a role, and the enemy cavalry following behind kept falling off their horses, and Jiang Sheng's infantry also suffered heavy casualties under the cavalry charge. Jiang Sheng saw that the time was ripe, a war drum sounded, and the cavalry on both wings covered from both sides.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Chun hurriedly withdrew his troops, and the remaining more than 10,000 cavalry responded in time and quickly withdrew from the killing array of Jiang Sheng's cavalry. The reaction speed of this cavalry is still remarkable.

Jiang Sheng saw that the tactics failed, and hurriedly Mingjin collected the troops, and then moved forward in an orderly manner with the cavalry as the front team, the archers as the middle army, and the infantry as the rear army.

Zhang Chun saw from a distance that Jiang Shengjun's army was like one person, slowly moving forward, and his heart was timid, so he ordered the army to move back to the outside of Tuyin City to build a high camp and defend it strictly.

Jiang Sheng's army moved to a stop twenty miles in front of Zhang Chun's camp, and they also needed to rest, but the front of the camp was empty, and it didn't look like a defense at all.

Zhang Chun discussed with the deputy general how to meet the enemy, but he was puzzled, and the deputy general said: "Jiang Sheng did this on purpose, leading our army to take the opportunity to attack, maybe the pit has been dug before the battle and waiting for us." ”

Zhang Chundao: "That's not necessarily, in today's battle, although he said that he had severely damaged our cavalry, his infantry also suffered a lot of losses, I'm afraid he can't organize a complete defense." Let me take a thousand horses to test it. ”

"The general can't move lightly, this Jiang Sheng has always been full of tricks with his soldiers, let's not take risks, and carefully observe before making a decision." The lieutenant is still more cautious.

For several days in a row, Jiang Shengjun was silent, but Zhang Chun, who was in the mound, was restless, and this invisible pressure made them breathless.

Finally, five days later, Jiang Shengjun moved, and the former battalion, which was originally defenseless, actually arranged dense deer barricades, fences and other facilities.

Zhang Chundao: "I am still right, this Jiang Sheng is not enough troops to make a fool, if he leads the army to attack that day, he will definitely win." The fighter plane has been lost, and it is difficult to try again! ”

"The general doesn't have to be discouraged, looking at the scale, Jiang Sheng's strength is only 40,000, and our army still has 70,000 troops, two against one, and the chance of winning is quite high."

"Then fight him to the death!" Zhang Chun's attitude is resolute.

Jiang Sheng saw that Zhang Chun's camp was wide open, and the sword and shield soldiers were the first to leave the camp, with 40,000 of them, forming three dense phalanxes and moving forward steadily.

The sword and shield soldiers were mainly to defend against the killing of the opponent's arrows, and Jiang Sheng didn't want to waste the arrows, so he ordered the cavalry to fall to the ground and form a spear phalanx to meet the enemy.

An inch long and an inch strong, the cavalryman's spear was a three-meter-long weapon, while the sword and shield soldier's knife was less than a meter. Jiang Sheng's cavalry has always been able to charge on the horse and kill the enemy when dismounting, and because of the diligent training of horsemanship, the strength of the lower limbs is stronger.

The two armies faced each other with three phalanxes, Jiang Sheng marched with drums, and three spear formations of 2,000 men each quickly rushed towards the enemy formation. The sword and shield soldiers were all thinking about how to defend against the damage of bows and arrows, but they didn't expect that the other party did not use bows and arrows, but dispatched pikemen.

At the point where the short arms met, the pikemen then rushed to pierce the spears into the enemy formation, and although those sword and shield soldiers raised large shields, they did not block the dense attack of the spears, and were quickly rushed away, killing and wounding more than 2,000 people, while Jiang Sheng's pikemen only killed and wounded 328 people.

After all, there were many enemy soldiers, Jiang Sheng hurriedly withdrew the army, and the spear formation quickly made up the formation, and fought and retreated, the enemy's sword and shield soldiers were weak in foot strength, and the weapons were short, so they couldn't cut or catch up, so they could only watch Jiang Sheng's spear team withdraw safely to the camp.