Chapter 602: Hu Yanzhuo's chain of horses
Gao Yu was very surprised by this, when did the anti-thief dare to take the initiative to fight with the official army? Gao Yu felt that something was wrong, but it was already this time, so he didn't do it and set up camp again, right? Fortunately, Gao Yu prepared a large number of black dog blood menstrual belts and other things, and also invited senior monks and Taoists to do it, and he also had confidence in his heart.
When the troops Qian Jin Wuli saw the enemy army waiting on the opposite side, Gao Yu ordered the troops to continue to move forward, intending to stop when the two sides were about two miles apart, and the two sides would talk about the scene and start fighting.
On the other side, Zhu Wu of the Chinese army was talking to the two people around him, and Zhu Wu asked: "General Wang, General Lin, how do you think this battle should be fought?" ”
That's right, the two of them are really Wang Jin and Lin Chong, these two are people who have a direct hatred with Gao Yu, so Zhang San specially sent the two over to give them a chance to take revenge, but this time the commander-in-chief is still Zhu Wu.
Wang Jin squinted at the high-lettered banner of the Song army and said: "You are the commander of this battle, and we will act according to the order." ”
Lin Chong nodded and said, "Yes, although the three of us are all major generals, you are commanding us to listen to you." ”
Seeing the two of them say this, Zhu Wu was relieved, after all, he was a newly promoted major general, and the two Wang Jin were old qualified major generals who would be promoted to lieutenant general at any time, and Lin Chong was Zhang Sanxi's junior brother, and Zhu Wu was really afraid that he would not be able to command.
Zhu Wu looked at the enemy and said: "Now that the enemy's foothold is not stable, and the formation has not yet been expanded, I estimate that Gao Yu's gang must have wanted to wait for about two miles to be in formation, but we have been in formation for a long time, and we quickly rushed up to defeat the troops in front of it, and it is estimated that the troops behind will be defeated like driving sheep." ”
Wang Jin asked suspiciously: "Even if Gao Yu is stupid, Gao Yu's subordinates won't all be stupid, right?" Wouldn't anyone bring it up? ”
Zhu Wu smiled and said, "Look, there are already people out of the ranks, but what if we defeat the opponent's front army?" ”
In ancient wars, the formation is something that both sides must do, generally at the same time out of the camp and then face the enemy, or just like this, one side is lined up first, and the other party wants to be under the enemy's nose, and the other party is not lined up when your formation, what should you do?
Therefore, at this time, elite troops are often sent to form a formation first, and if the opposite side suddenly rushes up, then the elite troops will block the time for the troops behind to prepare, Zhu Wu means to defeat the opponent's troops first, and then quickly disrupt the enemy's formation plan.
When the two sides were three miles apart, Gao Yu's troops had a tendency to disperse, Zhu Wu took this opportunity to immediately wave the command flag, and three infantry teams of 10,000 people charged towards the enemy formation, Gao Yu hurriedly prepared black dog blood and Taoist priests and other things, ready to meet the enemy.
Zhu Wu looked at the soldiers on the opposite side standing at the front with a big bucket, and said with a sneer: "I received a report from the intelligence department that Gao Yu prepared black dog blood to deal with us, I thought it was funny, but I didn't expect them to come really?" ”
The two sides approached for another mile, and the Song army in the front row felt unprecedented pressure, because the formation on the opposite side was too uniform, the neat pace, the neat formation, pressed towards him step by step, and he felt like he was facing a city wall that was slowly pressing towards him.
When the two sides were a mile apart, the Liangshan army did not stop, but continued to move forward, the Song soldiers began to get nervous, until a hundred paces, the Ryukyu army stopped, the muskets were still lined up and then the gunshots rang out, and the Song soldiers began to splash black dog blood.
It's just that the scene of the demon law being destroyed in Song Jun's imagination did not appear, the gunfire was still the same, although the front row of the Song army was holding a big shield, but the people behind the shield were still hit, and after only three rounds of shooting, the Song army's formation was beaten to pieces.
The officer on the opposite side was still very courageous, and when he saw that it was not a way to be beaten like this, he ordered the non-commissioned officers to charge, trying to engage the Liangshan army in close combat, but the more they rushed forward, the stronger the enemy's firepower became, and after seventy paces, they lost hundreds of lives for each step forward.
After ten rounds of shooting, the opposite Song army lost more than a third, the momentum of the charge began to weaken, and after two more rounds, the other side began to retreat, where would the Liangshan army attacking in this situation hesitate, and immediately pressed forward, and the opposite Song army began to collapse and squeeze backwards.
A quarter of an hour had not passed, and the Song army behind had not yet reached the halfway point of the formation, and when he saw this situation, he didn't know what to do for a while, so Gao Yu immediately ordered the troops to continue to press, trying to drive away the Liangshan army that was advancing forward.
Zhu Wu also followed the action and 30,000 troops pressed up, and the elite troops had not yet withstood fifteen rounds, not to mention that the troops behind basically retreated as soon as they rushed up, and then were chased back by the Liangshan army on the opposite side.
Gao Yu saw the trend of the collapse of the troops from the whole line, and did not dare to continue to expand the formation, so he waved the flag and took out his own troops at the bottom of the box, 30,000 Western Army, originally Gao Yu regarded this army as his own Chinese army to bless his own safety, but at this time, he couldn't take care of this.
The elite of the Western Army really did not disappoint Gao Yu, and advanced slowly against the enemy's fire, but after ten rounds, the casualties were still more than a quarter, and Gao Yu saw this situation not thinking about how to fight the enemy, but thinking about how to run.
Zhu Wu kept frowning and watching the duel between the Western Army and the Liangshan Army, a little nervous, Wang Jin looked at it and smiled: "It's okay, they will collapse if they can't rush forty steps, you see that Gao Yu's Chinese army banner is a little scattered, it seems that something has happened?" ”
Zhu Wu listened and hurriedly went to look, sure enough, Gao Yu's banner seemed to be scattered, but he really didn't know the specific situation, but the Western Army did not exceed Wang Jin's expectations, and when it reached about fifty steps, the casualties exceeded two-fifths, and the Western Army's charge began to be weak.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Wu breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that the collapse of the enemy army was only a matter of time, and then Gao Yu's Chinese army seemed to have stabilized again, and then another trump card in Gao Yu's hand, the cavalry that had not moved, began to kill towards the battlefield.
Zhu Wu immediately became nervous, the current musket could not form an absolute advantage over the cavalry, and the impact formation of the large cavalry might be scattered, Lin Chong also frowned and said: "The enemy general is under the banner of Huyan? Could it be the legendary chain horse of the Huyan family? ”
Zhu Wu immediately asked, "What do you mean?" According to the stall report to the enemy, this cavalry is very special, since it was stationed in the barracks, it looks like no one is close, and it can only be judged that there are about 2,000 people on the other side according to the consumption of forage and food. ”
Lin Chong hurriedly said: "Hu Yanzhuo uses a chain of horses, and the soldiers and horses all wear iron armor and are locked together with iron chains, and the impact is very strong. I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with. ”
Zhu Wu also frowned when he heard this, if this is the case, it will be even more troublesome, I am afraid that a row of spear and shield men will not be able to block the impact of the other party, and the two hurriedly ordered: "The spear and shield soldiers on both sides will gather in front of the enemy's cavalry, and the three rows will rush to the formation, and the nearest musketeers will give priority to shooting the enemy's chain horses." ”