Ritsu hesitated. During his more than ten years of military career. Such milk... No

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The hesitation was due to the fear and uneasiness of the unknown, and the Eighth Route Army set up a large anti-swastika formation, this line of formation. It was rare in the era of cold weapons.

Two infantry units staggered in a horizontal formation, a cavalry unit was deployed in the northeast corner, the Chinese army Dazhai was set up on a high ground between the two infantry villages, the infantry army village did not build a wall, but crisscrossed and dug out a lot of almost irregular, ditch 3 is deep and shallow, long and short. Some are wide and some are narrow, and there are many large mounds of earth and stones between and behind the ravines. Jerewn could imagine behind these seemingly irregular, irregular, mounds of earth and rocks. All hid the archers of the Zhou army.

Jeruson knew. In this seemingly chaotic and disorganized defensive position, there must be a murderous opportunity that he does not know. He's just a little weird. Such a complex setup can certainly enhance the defense, but at the same time, it will also cause great trouble for the defenders' counterattack. He looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see any signpost-style settings on this position, the formation was so complex that it was not just creating difficulties for the enemy, his own soldiers were afraid that it would be difficult for his own soldiers to move freely through this area, could it be that Li Wenge didn't think of counterattacking at all?

If it's something else. It is understandable to be so cautious in front of the Khitan Iron Cavalry, but the other party is Li Wenge.

It was Li Wenge who wiped out the Pingxia Party in less than two years and unscrupulously cut off the Hetao Plain from the heels of the Great Liao!

The deterrence of the Great Liao is ineffective in the face of this person, and Yelu Zhien is convinced of this.

is not such a character, how can he be arrogant enough to take the initiative to fight the grass valley of Da Liao.

robbed a lifetime. Now that he has been robbed, the character who dares to rob Da Liao will be a character who is cautious and careful not to seek merit but no fault?

Jerodon would not believe it.

Of course, this formation was by no means invulnerable, and although Yelu Rouen was surprised, he quickly figured out how to break through Li Jiange's deployment.

Although the frontal line of infantry on the right was very long, the enemy's strength was limited after all, and it did not take much time to bypass the right flank of the sharp position with the mobility of cavalry. As long as the enemy's formation is disrupted, the remaining cavalry will be a one-sided slaughter of the infantry, and the infantry without formation and command will be as vulnerable as a piece of paper in front of the cavalry.

The complex formation may not be useful, and it took the Zhou army nearly ten days to set up such a position, which was actually very thankless.

It is stupid and naïve to confront the cavalry on the plains and try to take advantage of positional warfare.

As long as the cavalry unit on his right flank can watch the cavalry on the left flank of the enemy army for an hour, it is enough.

"Do you know Hitler?"

He was accustomed to the strange words that popped up from time to time in his own lieutenant, so he didn't react too violently when he heard this sentence, but just corrected lightly: "That's not called "Teller", it should be pronounced as "special service", that is, the Khitan word for "timidity" than "set." Inferior by one level. There are about 1,000 people in the unified army, and he can be regarded as a great patriarch, but "Xi, this surname is rare, and the Turks, Khitans, and Uighurs do not have this surname, is it from the Xi people?" ”

Li Wenge: "

He looked at the formation of his army depressedly, and said to himself: "This is obviously a symbol of Yuan..."

The Buddhist swastika is reversed, it happens to be the formation of the Northern Route Army at this moment, the two cavalry regiments are deployed on the upper and lower corners, into a mobile charge formation, and the two infantry regiments are deployed into two opposite openings "" type, the opening direction is on the two wings, the positions of the two regiments are staggered before and after, so that the four regiments just form a formation, the depth of the infantry army is not too wide, only about less than fifty steps wide, this deployment will be the auxiliary box troops tightly wrapped in the protection of the combat troops, No matter which direction the enemy attacks from, the van soldiers will not directly face the enemy's attack. The disadvantage of this formation is that the defensive density of the infantry is not high, which is not conducive to gathering forces to counterattack. But two cavalry regiments, arranged in the same staggered arrangement on both flanks, made up for it. Flaw. This is a tactical formation that fully embodies the concept of "depth" in the era of cold weapons.

The setting of the positions is also very particular, those ravines that seem to be chaotic to Jelugarn actually have passages for infantry counterattacks in the middle, but these passages are not set according to the most customary layout of the three talents, five elements and four elephants and eight trigrams of this era, but are laid out according to the laws of natural numbers and prime numbers. Take the natural number horizontally, take the prime number vertically, it is a safe passage, on the contrary, other seemingly harmless passages are set up with traps and thistles and other things to defend against the impact of cavalry, and there is a antler barricade in front of the last line of defense, of course, there is also a counterattack channel between the barricades, but these passages are all open.

"This is the array set up by the Yu marquis, I don't understand the mysteries of your Han people!" Fine-sealed Minda explained.

The layout of the Liao army is relatively simple, the left flank is the 2,500 palace guards led by Yelu En Qin, and the right flank is the tribe Shun "There are also nearly 2,000 cavalry troops. The largest force that has ever been assembled. In terms of combat effectiveness, those tribal armies were far from being comparable to the palace guards in terms of equipment morale and combat experience, so Yelujaen did not expect these cavalry to be the main force, he only hoped that they could hold back the security cavalry regiment deployed in front of the left flank, as long as there was one. In an hour, the palace guards will be able to penetrate the enemy's large array from the flanks and behind.

"Command the Left Army to attack!"

The horn sounded, and the left flank of the Liao army began to evacuate the formation in preparation for the attack.

Li Hu covered his eyes and looked at the sun, pursed his lips: "It's finally moved!" ”

His deputy commander Zhang Xiaoke also nodded: "If you drag your eyes again, the sun will turn to our side, and it is a taboo for cavalry to charge towards the sun."

Zhang Xiaoke walked out of the veteran of the battalion A team in front of him, participated in the battle of Luziguan twice, the first time he participated in the battle in a panic, he did not stab the enemy, the result was Li Wenge personally with his wooden gun to teach him to stab an enemy under the city. Now two years have passed, and the former recruit Danzi is now a veteran of the battlefield. He was one of the first batch of officers who had graduated from the Liutao Pavilion, originally

The Yanchuan Independent Regiment served as the capital, and after the war of quelling the party and collecting Lingzhou, it caught up with the great expansion of the army, and was promoted to the deputy commander of the Fushi Infantry Regiment and the Marquis of Yu, and hung up the rank of captain of Xulu. His original name was Zhang Donkey, and now this name was given to him by Shen Han in the Battle of Huile, following the famous general Guo Xiaoke in the early Tang Dynasty.

The Fushi Infantry Regiment is the second infantry regiment formed by the Eighth Route Army, with two crossbowmen and eight infantry plus a cavalry team. All the officers of this regiment are veterans of the junior class training of the Liutao Pavilion, and the command force can be described as very strong.

Li Hu looked at the movement of the Liao army on the opposite side, and ordered in his mouth: "Crossbowmen prepare!" ”

Zhang Xiaoke raised his chin at the flag officer, the flag officer waved the command flag, and the two crossbowmen who had been staring at this side were all and the four crossbowmen immediately gave an order: "All stand up!" ”

"All Stand Up"

"All Stand Up"

In the military village, the sound of passwords sounded one after another. The crossbowmen, who had been resting and maintaining their strength in a circle, stood up one after another, and lined up in two rows as they thought units.

"Prepare for the box". The Eighteenth King of the Overseer gave the order.

The soldiers who participated in the battle for the first time stood up in a panic and lined up with the password, holding heavy crossbows and large bundles of standard arrows in their hands, and their knuckles were tense and white.

In contrast, the two hundred crossbowmen seemed much calmer and more leisurely, and under the gaze of Li Hu and Zhang Xiaoke, these crossbowmen put on their armor in turn according to the command and began to prepare to enter the position.

The bulging mounds and mounds of rock, which appear to be disorganized from a distance, were in fact pre-set positions for the crossbowmen, connected by a below-the-ground trench, each with a depression in the middle for the crossbowmen to shoot and the crossbowmen to observe, and behind the mounds and piles of stones were connected to the trenches by rudimentary slopes, in which the winding chambermen hid.

The cavalry of the Liao army began to maneuver to the left. They began to circle around the position of the Eighth Route Army from a distance, and the distance was widened.

Li Hu silently watched the movements of the Liao army, but he never gave the order to crossbow soldiers.

Wang Eighteen steps to the command position, looked at the enemy cavalry in the distance, and said: "Duyu Hou Si is good, Liao Gou really wants to bypass the front." ”

Li Hu didn't answer, he looked at the movements of the Liao army from afar, but he was silently counting in his mouth.

"Three hundred and eighty,,ninety,,four hundred,,dish one hundred and ten,"

When the entire left flank of the Liao army opened the evacuation formation, he breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Yes, it seems that the Liao dog is really coming to attack us!" ”

Zhang Xiaoke nodded: "Crossbowmen can be like it!" ”

Li Hu shook his head slightly: "Wait a little longer, they can't just pull into a line and break into the left flank, they always have to gather to form a certain force density, our crossbowmen's physical strength is very valuable!" ”

The Liao army began to bypass the left side of the position of the Fushi infantry regiment, and behind the antlers there were still only wooden spearmen in armor and spears, and there was still no trace of the archers. Yelu Shenen frowned, the general Han army has already begun to react in the face of this kind of cavalry detour, the infantry runs slowly, and the mobility is poor, so it must react extremely quickly to the movements of the cavalry in order to keep up with the rhythm of the battlefield, but the Han infantry army in front of him is unexpectedly calm, their own cavalry has already bypassed the left flank, they have not yet reacted, is this slow or steady?

The formation of this infantry is very thin, no more than fifty paces wide from east to west, the front is so long and the sides are so shallow, Yelu Quan En couldn't help but shake his head, who is this formation, this formation is too easy to penetrate.

The same dense and messy ravines and ten piles in the rear of the infantry army made him stunned for a moment, and after frowning, he immediately put his mind at ease, the enemy actually set up a position in his rear, although this is somewhat unexpected, but it also shows the enemy's timidity, the enemy on the opposite side undoubtedly did not spend a lot of time with the courage of the Liao cavalry, and the husband dug the position into a ditch and a small shadow behind these fortifications.

Right now. In the security cavalry regiment on the left flank of the Eighth Route Army, the eager Ox Killer Simo kept turning his head to look at the direction of the Chinese army, and said impatiently: "Why don't you blow the trumpet yet?" ”

His younger brother. Only ten years old, Slaughter Ox Beshi followed him. Listening to his brother's words, he smiled and said, "I'm probably waiting for them to move first!" ”

Ox Killer Simo turned his head in the direction his brother pointed, and looked at a position hidden in the rear by the security cavalry regiment; There were fifty small wooden war equipment on the position, which looked very much like a trebuchet for siege, and the so-called throwing cart was only a whole small one in appearance.

Killing the Ox Sima pouted: "What can that do to the cavalry?" The Liao people are not dead wood, so if you try your luck with that thing, it is better to rush up and defeat it head-on! ”

Don't smile when you kill the cow, but you don't refute your brother.

Zhou Quan, the commander of the artillery of the Eighth Route Army, was very nervous at the moment, he was the cousin of Sima Zhou Zhengyu of the Eighth Route Army. Entering the Liutao Pavilion to study military affairs and even going to Fenglin Academy to listen to calculations are all the doors of Zhou Zhengyu's relationship. Zhou Zhengyu was originally reluctant to let him be an official in the army, but the two originally said that they would learn to do math and then take a civilian exam. Although Zhou Zhengyu is weighted, he is extremely cautious. He knew very well that his qualifications could not suppress the wolf-like supervisors under Wei Xun, and he was unwilling to leave the impression of nepotism on Li Wenge.

Who knew that later when the artillery training battalion was formed, Qin Haoran fell in love at a glance, and his military subjects in the Liutao Pavilion were mediocre, but he was quite thoughtful in geometric calculations, and after a few. After the month's training, under Qin Haoran's recommendation, Zhou Quan was appointed as the commander of the artillery training battalion, and his military rank was suddenly promoted to Xuanjie Captain, which surprised Zhou Zhengyu. After inspecting the artillery on several occasions, Li Wenge was very satisfied with Zhou Quan's professional ability, so he simply appointed Zhou Quan as the commander of the inspection and school when the artillery command department was established a few years ago.

This appointment was opposed by two people, Zhou Zhengyu and Wei Xun, who even refused to countersign the appointment order.

Li Wenge said to them: "Seniority is indeed very important, as long as you can find someone who can fight more accurately than him, I will appoint this person as the commander of the capital!" ”

In the end, the appointment was barely approved, but it was impossible for the Superintendent to confer the corresponding rank.

When Wei Xun talked to Zhou Quan, he told him that there is only one training battalion of artillery at present, and it is not known whether this army will be of the highest use on the battlefield, so he can only be the commander of the artillery corps. Captain Xuanjie, if it turns out that the artillery is useless, the teaching battalion system will be revoked. Then he's nothing. If the artillery proved to be useful and was expanded into a regiment, then he, the commander of the capital, would be promoted to the rank of captain of Zhiguo, and the number of regiments would be expanded to five, and he would be the captain of Zhaowu, and the number would be expanded to ten. regiment, he is the general. When the artillery was expanded to more than 20 regiments, he could remove the word "inspection" in front of the commander.

This is a battle of the artillery of the Eighth Route Army, or a field battle against the cavalry, which is almost an impossible task for the slingers in the cold weapon era.

Zhou Quan squinted his eyes and silently measured the distance, holding a charcoal pen in his hand and kept writing and drawing on a stone slab.

When he was impatient to kill the ox, Zhou Quan finally finished the calculation, he picked up a pen and wrote down four sets of data on the stone tablet and handed them to the herald.

As the herald made contact with each of the teams, a series of digital passwords were heard from the rear of the position of the security cavalry regiment, and the officers of the capital team corrected the data values according to the carefully demarcated attack range and the position of their own team's attack equipment.

One by one, the artillerymen nervously shook the handles according to Chang'an's orders. Adjust the arc of the throwing arm of the throwing car.

Seeing that all the data corrections have been completed, and the adjustment of the throwing arm has been like, the loaders stood in the loading position with one by one dark iron balls, and Zhou Quan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Be careful. Don't fly, this is not a stone, it's expensive! ”

The iron used to forge these iron balls is enough to build a regiment's weapons, which Zhou Zhengyu revealed to Zhou Quan in private!

"Blow the trumpet. Report to the Chinese army, the artillery is ready! ”

A trumpeter took out a small brass trumpet and blew it with his cheeks puffed.

The sound of this trumpet is very strange, it is not a tune at all, it is just a very boring flat tone, and it is a little inexplicable to listen to both the enemy and the enemy.

The distant sound of the trumpet made Jeruson hesitate for a moment, and he listened carefully, but now there were only two tones in all. One long and one short, the two notes were played over and over again, and I didn't know what it meant.

At this moment, by Qin Haoran's side. An officer of the Marquis of Yu listened intently to the sound of the trumpet, drawing on paper with a pen in his hand. Every time the trumpet blew a short note, he lit one on the paper. Whenever the sound of the trumpet blew a long note, he drew a horizontal line on the paper.

On the right flank of the Eighth Route Army's position, Yelu Woen shook his head, no longer pondering the boring trumpet, he took a deep breath, waved his hand lightly, and a Khitan shouting officer shouted: "The whole army rushes into battle"