Chapter Seventy-Three: The Battle of Luoyang (4)
When the Bingzhou army attacked the Luoyang defenders' formation, Jiang Qi led the Pingcheng army around the flank of the Bingzhou army, aimed at the waist of the Bingzhou army and launched an attack.
The tactics formulated by the imperial court were very simple, first the military formation under Luoyang City blocked the momentum of the Bingzhou cavalry charge, and then the Pingcheng army attacked to cut off the long formation of the Bingzhou army from the side, and then Zhao Yun led the Xiyuan Army to attack its rear team, forming a situation of division and encirclement of the Bingzhou army.
This is the best way to deal with the Bingzhou cavalry, and it is also Guan Yu's wisdom in the Battle of Jishui. Although this tactic failed in the Battle of Jishui, it does not mean that this tactic is bad. It's just that Guan Yu didn't do a good job in some details. In fact, the most surprising thing is that this tactic has been imitated and studied by many military scholars of later generations as a model of military textbooks in the following years. The best of these was Liu Yu, the captain of Wei County during the Shunde period of the Han Dynasty, when he defeated the 20,000 Qian rebels with 3,000 infantry. But at that time, the formation already had its name:
But the moon is in the moon!
Jiang Qi led the right flank of the Pingcheng Army and the Bingzhou Army to attack, and the reason why he chose this place was because it was only an infantry battalion of more than 700 people guarding this place, which looked relatively weak.
However, when the soldiers of the Heijo Army roared and rushed towards the 700 infantry battalion, the 700 infantry battalion also suddenly let out a thunderous roar, and the soldiers in the front row used long shields and pestles on the ground, and the soldiers behind set up their spears. Before the Heijo army could approach them, the first thing they received was a rain downpour.
After rushing through the first wave of axe rain attacks, the Pingcheng army collided with the infantry battalion with a bang, as if a big wave hit the reef, and it was instantly shattered into countless waves.
The first wave of the Pingcheng army's attack collapsed in an instant, which surprised Jiang Qi. He didn't expect this infantry battalion to be so strong, no wonder Lu Bu would feel comfortable handing over his right flank to them.
You must know that at this time, the Pingcheng army had 5,000 soldiers and horses, and the infantry battalion of 700 people was very different in strength compared to them, and the Pingcheng army at this time was no longer the kind of fledgling recruits who fought with the Bingzhou army for the first time.
But such an army, which was not inferior in numbers and combat strength, was completely blocked by the wave of attacks on the infantry battalion. The formation of the infantry battalion was not in the slightest disorder, and it was as immobile as a mountain.
Jiang Qi frowned and ordered, "The cavalry attack and attack their flanks." ”
The order was passed down, and a light cavalry of about 800 men rushed out of the rear of the Pingcheng army, went around the right side of the infantry phalanx and launched a charge.
The infantry battalion also seemed to notice the movement of the cavalry, waving the command flag in the formation, Jiang Qi saw that the general commanded under the command of the command seemed to make a gesture, the formation of the infantry battalion changed rapidly, and when the cavalry was about to approach, the formation of the cavalry was first sacrificed with a flying axe, and the cavalry barely rushed over under the cover of the axe rain in the sky, and when it was almost close to the infantry phalanx, a rain of arrows shot again.
At the moment when the two sides collided together, although the infantry battalion was still protected by long shields and supplemented by spears, the impact of the cavalry did not knock the infantry phalanx apart. After some protective shields were knocked away, the horses crashed into the infantrymen's bodies, and only then did they find that the soldiers lying behind the shields were wearing iron armor.
Leading this cavalry is Ma Qing, who was originally the same as Jiang Qi and was born as a guard next to Liu Wei, not only has Liu Wei's military teachings, but also has accumulated rich combat experience after being in the army for so long. Seeing the sudden appearance of the ironclad infantry, they realized that the attack was difficult to win, and immediately turned the cavalry around, taking advantage of the speed advantage of the cavalry to break away from the battle line.
However, even so, the cavalry still paid the price of more than a hundred dead and wounded.
Jiang Qi gritted his teeth in distress, but Zhang Liao, who was on the side, recognized what kind of unit the infantry battalion was and who the commanding general was.
"That person is Gao Shun!" He pointed to the general under the command.
"They are...... It's a trap camp! ”
Gao Shun? Stuck in the camp?
Jiang Qi had also heard of this name and the deeds of this army when he was merging the state. Gao Shun was originally a lieutenant under Lu Bu's tent, and after Lu Bu rebelled, he was rewarded by the Xindu Imperial Court and promoted to Zhonglang General. He is serious, does not drink alcohol, and does not love money. is a very decent military man. There were only more than 700 people in the trapped camp under his command, but they were well-equipped and trained hard, and they could be invincible against the enemy, whether it was 100 or 10,000 people.
But at the same time, Gao Shun and the trapping camp have always been extremely low-key within the Bingzhou Army, and Jiang Qi has only heard of their names, but has never seen them. Even Zhang Liao, who was born in the Bingzhou Army, didn't know much about them, and only had a nodding friendship with Gao Shun.
Now that they have encountered such a tricky enemy, Jiang Qi and the Pingcheng army have also suffered a lot. Gritting his teeth, Jiang Qi once again ordered: "The front army feints to defeat and lure the enemy, and all the thunder is ready to rush to the sky." ”
After receiving the order, the front army immediately retreated back like a tide, and the trapped camp was indeed as Jiang Qi expected, the iron bucket-like formation began to change, and a force of more than 300 people began to pursue.
It's just that what Jiang Qi didn't expect was that the pursuit of the trapped camp was rapid, fierce, and huge. The pursuit of aggression turned out to be the feint of the Heijo army, which gradually lost control.
Jiang Qi was shocked, and hurriedly ordered: "All the sky-high thunders are used unrestrictedly, stop them!" ”
Including the retreating, all the soldiers of the Pingcheng Army who responded to the sky were thrown out of the thunder, and the violent explosion sounded among the three hundred soldiers in the trapped camp, and this sudden fierce attack also stunned the soldiers in the trapped camp for a while, and had to stop the pursuit.
As fast as the wind, as swift as a forest, as aggressive as fire, and as immobile as a mountain, the trapped camp showed the military quality of a military textbook.
The explosion of the thunderstorm created a certain space between the two armies, and Jiang Qi took advantage of the fact that the two armies were no longer entangled, and ordered the light cavalry to carry out a harassing attack, while the infantry regrouped.
The trapped camp in front of him was still invulnerable, and the wave of sky-rushing thunder attacks just now had consumed one-third of the reserves of the Pingcheng army. You must know that they not only want to solve the trapped-in camp in front of them, but also reserve combat power for the cavalry of the interception and state. The most important thing is the urgency of time, the army and people of Luoyang led by the Son of Heaven Liu Wei are using their blood to bear the slaughter of the Bingzhou cavalry, if they can't complete the task in time to divide and encircle the Bingzhou army, they may lose the entire war in the end.
Jiang Qi was in trouble about how to defeat the trapped camp, and on the side of Gao Shun who was trapped in the camp, the toughness shown by the Pingcheng army also gave him a lot of pressure.
Generally speaking, the two armies pay attention to fighting with one drum, then decline, and then exhaustion. However, after being blocked by several attacks, the Heijo army was still able to maintain a very high fighting spirit. Even in the feint just now, he had the opportunity to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop, but he didn't expect that the opponent would block them with powerful firepower, making the trapped camp lose this opportunity.
Gao Shun even thought that if he was not conservative and charged desperately against the impact of the thunder, would he have won the victory?
In any case, Gao Shun has led the army for many years, and he has indeed encountered many opponents, but he has never seen such a tenacious army. The ability shown by the Heijo Army is undoubtedly not proof that they are a strong army with good training and proper command.
On the other side, Jiang Qi, who had reintegrated the troops, began to shout loudly to his soldiers:
"Brothers, we are waiting to return from Bingzhou, how many are still alive, think of General Ding and those brothers who voluntarily gave up their lives in order to cover our escape, think about our relatives and friends who stayed in Bingzhou and were killed by Lu Bu, now that the enemy is now, do you want to watch them act recklessly?"
Jiang Qi's words aroused a huge repercussion among the soldiers of the Pingcheng Army, most of the officers and soldiers of the Pingcheng Army were slaughtered by Lu Bu's revenge after Jiang Qi withdrew and merged with the state, and the Pingcheng Army can be said to have a deep hatred with Lu Bu.
"Fight to the death, take revenge!" Zhang Liao was the first to roar.
Then all the Pingcheng troops followed with a roar like the sky and the moon, and under Jiang Qi's order, the Pingcheng army swept towards the trapped camp like grassland wildfire.
The momentum brought out by the Pingcheng army attacking again made Gao Shun's pupils shrink, and even without his years of experience in leading troops, he could feel a danger that penetrated deep into the hair just from the instinct of human nature.
"How...... What's going on? ”
He didn't expect that the battle situation had reached such a point, and the soldiers and horses on both sides should begin to show fatigue, and the other party would burst out at this time like the first battle.
Seeing that the Pingcheng army rushed over, without any rules, like a mad demon, with the momentum of devouring heaven and earth.
Gao Shun, as a general with great combat experience, only needs to look at it to understand that what the Pingcheng Army broke out is the real immortality!
"Prepare for victory!" Gao Shun roared on his horse.
"Victory!" The soldiers in the camp also roared in unison.
In an instant, the two sides collided again. The fiercest anomalous battle in the entire Luoyang Guard Battle began.
The attack of the Heijo army had fallen into a state of vengeful madness, and even Gao Shun, who was in the center of the formation, could feel the impact of their angry rage.
The soldiers trapped in the camp pay attention to training, complete weapons and armor, fight bravely on weekdays, and cooperate with each other tacitly. And the Heijo Army is actually an army that pays attention to these aspects like the trapped camp. Gao Shun could also see some clues in the initial encounter, but he didn't expect the other party to suddenly have such a huge change.
Soldiers are impermanent. Kun lives in the North Sea, covering an area of thousands of miles, and can also be turned into Peng, supporting 90,000 miles.
I'm still too careless.
The two armies were close to each other, and the attack of the Pingcheng Army this time was completely the same way of fighting. Soldiers will always fight back and forth, but now the Heijo army completely ignores the blades that have been seen, and only the war knives in their eyes take the lives of the soldiers in the camp. Even the soldiers of the Heijo Army who were cut down tried their best to hug the enemy's thighs or tear the opponent's armor to create opportunities for their comrades behind. There were even soldiers who jumped into the military formation of the trapped camp with a thunderbolt in their arms, and the bloody explosion tore open a corner of the military formation.
In the end, the Heijo Army's attack of no concern for their lives finally exceeded the bottom line that the soldiers of the trapped camp could bear. A scene that Gao Shun never imagined happened, the soldiers who were trapped in the camp began to retreat, and some of the soldiers actually turned around and fled, and with it, the collapse of the entire army gradually began.
In the face of the crisis, Gao Shun also lost his usual calmness and reason at this time, and swung his sword and slapped his horse, directly taking Jiang Qi, who led the charge in the army.
Gao Shun's idea was not wrong, the Pingcheng army was like a thunderbolt at this time, but if he could kill the commanding general Jiang Qi, he would definitely be able to shoot down his morale. However, he overlooked one thing, as the leader of the trapped camp, if something happened to him, it would also be devastating to the trapped camp on the verge of collapse.
Gao Shun led a team of people to rush out of the military formation, and Jiang Qi saw Gao Shun coming towards him, and he did not hesitate to greet him. Gao Shun's martial arts are very high, even against Shang Lu Bu. This is also the reason why he dared to take Jiang Qi's life in the battle between the two armies.
The two met and exchanged hands violently, and Gao Shun's long knife touched Jiang Qi's war knife. After the two staggered, Jiang Qi's entire arm was shocked by Gao Shun's strength and lost consciousness, while Gao Shun's long knife was broken in two.
Gao Shun only found out at this time that Jiang Qi was holding a divine weapon, and secretly complained in his heart, but it was too late. The Heijo army has never been in the habit of fighting alone, and a group of soldiers has long surrounded it.
Gao Shun was already a little weak without weapons, surrounded by soldiers, and the war horse under him was stabbed by a spear without two moves, and a terrible war horse neighed, and the front hooves rose up and Gao Shun fell down.
Gao Shun's martial arts are strong, and he will not be injured much if he falls off the horse, but the scene of him falling from the horse is a big shock to the trapped camp, and it has become the last straw that crushes the camel.
The entire trapped camp completely collapsed, although Gao Shun was rescued in the end, but it was still difficult to hold back the defeat, and after the Pingcheng army defeated the trapped camp, it launched a fierce attack on the flank of the Bingzhou army.
(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter.) )
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