Chapter 227: Winner and Loser

"It's spectacular!" The ten miles radius was full of fierce attacking troops, and the sky suddenly darkened, and then there was a light again, which was a rain of arrows fired by both sides. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Groups of infantry staggered, swirled, and dashed through the field, constantly changing formations, scattering corpses on the ground with each change.

Clouds of dust rose and then landed again as the battlefield shifted.

The battle had been going on for half an hour, and Yue Yun had broken through three formations in a row, and had already reached the position of lieutenant colonel of the Changhong Formation.

The lieutenant colonel is the main force of Zhang Yong, and there are five formations in total, which is extremely thick.

Behind the lieutenant colonel, there was a group of 4,000 men from the rear colonel, which was where the commander of the Chinese army used was located.

"This Zhang Yong is also a character, and he has a lot of hands in commanding the big army to fight!" Wang Shen couldn't help nodding again and again, in real history, Zhang Yong was in the Anlu thief army's infighting, and was hit by the Song army, and accepted Zhang Jun's recruitment. Later, Zhang Yong rebelled, Kou Jiangxi, and Yue Fei surrendered. Since then, he has become a member of the Yue family's army.

Yue Fei used him, probably to see his ability in the battle.

It's a pity that this Zhang Haoxiang didn't have a bright performance on the battlefield later.

Thinking of this Zhang Yong, Wang Shen suddenly had a strange thought in his heart: This guy seems to be Lao Tzu's rival in real history!

It turned out that in real history, Chen Lanruo's husband Ma Gao was originally under the control of the Tokyo Left-behind Division. Later, Zhang Yong, Cao Cheng, Wang Shan and others who stayed behind were infighting, and Ma Gao's army was completely annihilated by the thief army. Tokyo stayed behind Du Chong as a slave, cut off Ma Gao's head and ordered the three armies.

Chen Lanruo had nowhere to go with the lonely army, so she had to flee to Henan Mansion, and was accepted as a righteous daughter by Lu Qing, the former boss of the commander Ma Gao and the deputy of Zong Ze, who was in charge of the official affairs of the Guards and Infantry Division.

Lu Qing persuaded Zhang Yong to return to the imperial court and marry Chen Lanruo to Zhang Yong as his wife. After Chen Lanruo married Zhang Yong, he became the commander of the Chinese army of Zhang's department. When the two led the troops to fight, they waved a big banner in front of the army and wrote: Kansai Zhenlie Daughter, Lady Protector Ma.

Of course, after marrying Chen Lanruo, Zhang Yong did not accept Zhao'an.

Because Chen Lanruo has tattoos all over her body, she is also known as Yizhang Qing, and the Yizhang Qinghu Sanniang in the later novel "Water Margin" is fictionalized based on her.

Thinking of Chen Lanruo, thinking of her upright figure, thinking of the embroidery all over her body, thinking of her smooth and wheat-colored skin, Wang Shen suddenly felt an indescribable melancholy in his heart: It's been a year, it's been a year, but I don't know if Lan Ruo is okay, where is she now?

Even if Zhang Yong did not marry Lan Ruo in this time and space, Wang Shen still felt a kind of discomfort in his heart that could not be concealed.

"Today, no matter what, we must take off Zhang Yong's head and annihilate the enemy army." Wang Shen clenched the reins in his hand: "Pass my order and let the armies speed up." ”

With the sound of horses' hooves, the White Army returned.

They had already rushed twice, and the rifles in their hands had been changed twice.

As the only mobile force in the entire battlefield, wherever the battle is tight, they will arrive as soon as possible, stir up the enemy formation with a ferocious impact, and open a passage for the infantry brothers behind.

However, after repeated impacts, the centaurs were tired enough.

As soon as he returned to the banner of the Chinese army, the people who immediately stepped off their horses jumped off their horses, gasping and chewing on dry food in large gulps, until their mouths were full of foam.

Also tired of foaming at the mouth was the war horse, and the auxiliary soldiers hurriedly caught up with the war horse and drank the water from the skin bag in their hands.

Then he removed the saddle and let the horse lie down to rest.

Fang Irong was a literati after all, his body was thin, and he was injured, and his face was so white that he couldn't see blood.

Wang Shen frowned and walked up: "Fang Yuhou, how is your injury, can you still persevere?" ”

"I was shot through the leg by an arrow, I bled a little, it doesn't matter if I have been drugged, I can still go into battle. General, is it going to rush again, and his subordinates will go. Fang Wurong struggled to stand up straight, took the leather bag and wanted to take a sip of water. But his right hand trembled, and water kept spilling out of it.

"Hold it on." Wang Shen grabbed his wrist: "But I don't have the strength." ”

"It's done." Fang Irong didn't have much strength, and he rushed twice in a row, and his hands were already too soft.

"Don't hurry, rest first, it's not the time for the cavalry to charge. Raise your strength, and the next time should be the time to completely solve Zhang Yong. ”

Wang Shen's eyes fell on the battlefield, wondering whether to let the cavalry return to Zhang Yong's rear to attack his rear colonel.

In the distance, Zhang Yong's Chinese army flag was flying high, constantly passing military orders.

Zhang used this Changhong array to have a huge flaw - there were no cavalry - as a result, the left and right commanders on both flanks of the large array could only be replaced by infantry and crossbowmen.

The main function of the two wings of the Changhong Array is to prevent the enemy's cavalry from attacking the command system of the rear colonel in a roundabout way. When counterattacking, the same detour tactic will be used.

However, without cavalry, it would be useless to say anything. How can the two legs of the infantry and the crossbowmen run through the battle, in this general battle, the two wings of the Changhong Array are also ornaments.

To change a safe commander, the command post of the Chinese army will be set up in the center of the large array, and a circle or phalanx will be placed.

The reason why Zhang Yong uses the Changhong array today is estimated to be based on two points.

First, he also knew that the Sizhou army was capable of fighting, and if he was in the center of the large array, half of the men and horses would not be able to enter the battle, and the front would be much weaker. The Changhong Array is famous for its thickness, with three schools in the front, middle and back, and nine formations looking extremely thick. Wang Shen needs to pay a huge price if he wants to fight under the banner of the Chinese army.

Second, he occupies a favorable position, and a three-dragon river passes by the left side of the great array. Lined up along the river, the White Army wanted to make a detour from the left flank, unless the war horse had wings on it and flew over. On the right flank of the Changhong Array is a small plateau, although the slope is extremely gentle, it is not conducive to the charge of war horses. The crossbowmen and infantry of the enemy's right colonel were condescending and easily blocked the cavalry.

In fact, the cavalry of Fang Irong in front of him had also made a detour there, and when they saw that they couldn't please them, they didn't bother to entangle with them, so they simply retreated.

Almost at the same time, Wang Shen and Zhang Yong both realized that the small slope of the right colonel of the Changhong Formation was the winner or loser of this battle.

After letting Fang I Rong rest well, Wang Shen asked, "Which army and horses attacked the enemy's right flank?" ”

An officer replied, "The envoy is the victorious army." ”

"Wu Xianxian's soldiers!" Wang Shen was a little worried. Among the various armies of the Sizhou Army, the two armies of Beiwei and Tabai are not to be mentioned, they are the essence of the essence. As for the front army of Huyantong, it ranks first in combat effectiveness among the infantry. Gu Lie's enemy-breaking army is not weak, it belongs to the type of fierce and fierce attack. Although Lu Can's selection of the vanguard army is a little worse, the discipline of the troops and the cooperation between each other are very good.

Compared with them, Wu Xianxian's people are inferior, they are not outstanding in all aspects, and they have no characteristics. Will Shengjiejun be able to take down Colonel Zhang Yongyou?

Wang Shen suddenly regretted a little: I still didn't think it through, I had already known that I would let Hu Yantong fight the enemy's right wing, and now at this time, it is useless to say anything, I hope Wu Xianxian will not let me down.

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Wu Xianxian stood on the ground of the slope with a cold face, looking up slightly, the battle had been fought for half an hour, but the situation was not optimistic.

Ahead is a long hill.

No, it's not hills, it's just a dry land that is like a rolling wave. These dry lands were supposed to be used to grow wheat, but now the crops have been harvested, leaving only large tracts of bare loess.

The terrain is not treacherous, but the soil is loose and divided by countless shrubs and ridges, which not only does not form a thick infantry formation, but also does not facilitate the mutual cooperation between the troops and the troops.

The dense mass of soldiers strained to rush forward, and then dispersed in groups of several dozen to launch a fierce attack on the enemy. The battle unfolded in all corners of the slopes, and soldiers from both sides continued to fall, lying in this strange cannibalistic terrain.

In front of them were armoured soldiers who were constantly charging, and behind each other were groups of archers and crossbowmen shooting at the incompatible foot soldiers.

Feathered arrows shot out more and more into the air, intertwined with each other in the sky, and then scattered on the people below.

Not to mention the divine arm crossbow, thanks to the rich central finance and advanced technology of the Great Song Dynasty, even the ordinary bows and arrows in the hands of the infantry are extremely sophisticated. With a wrestler's bow, he can easily reach a staggering distance of 200 paces.

Soul-saunting arrows fly across the battlefield.

It was almost impossible to distinguish between friend and foe, and all of them were carrying dense white arrows, shouting loudly and waving their weapons frantically.

"The sword and shield men continue to move forward, and the spearmen follow, so as not to fall behind. I don't want to be shot into a honeycomb, so I rush up and mess with the thief! Wu Xianxian shouted expressionlessly, and kept throwing one team after another into this cannibalistic slope.

At this time, it was no longer possible to withdraw the troops, and the Sizhou army had no habit of retreating. If he was beaten down like this, where would Shengjiejun's face go? Besides, Wang Jun has not ordered the Chinese army to come down. Obviously, he wanted to win the victory and hold on until the enemy's right colonel charged the cavalry.

Well, just stick to it!

The front line of the enemy's right colonel charge had been beaten into confusion by the fearless Shengjie army, and it was about to be taken down.

Of course, the Shengjie army also paid a lot of price, more than three were defeated, two were killed, and three deputy heads were killed.

This is the first time that the Shengjie army has paid such heavy casualties since coming to Huangzhou.

Fortunately, it is finally going to be taken down.

Seeing a soldier rushing to the top of the slope, Wu Xianxian let out a long breath.

But at this moment, his eyelids jumped, and he saw two thousand men and horses led by a thief general rushing up at the rear of the cavalry.

The officer was born strangely, as thin as a bamboo pole. The armor on his body is also quite gorgeous, but it is full of horizontal and vertical knife marks, obviously a person who has just experienced a brutal battle. Without waiting for a break, he rushed here again to maintain the situation.

The guy rode a southern pony, holding a heavy flail in his hand, and danced with a great sound of the wind.

I couldn't see that there was such a huge amount of energy in his thin body, and with every flail that was drawn, the armor on the poor Shengjie soldier was immediately deflated, and blood spurted from his mouth and rolled down from it.

With the addition of this new force, the Shengjie army seemed flustered for the first time, and was driven down from above in an instant.