Chapter 52 Lin Shihong has a headache
Lu Chang, Zhang Yu, and Xiong Kuohai took turns to lead the cavalry to harass the march of the Chu army, which really caused great trouble to the Chu army.
These three generals are all at the top level among the generals of this era, and no one in Lin Shihong's Chu army can resist them. This is also the main reason why Lu Chang dared to unscrupulously scourge Lin Shihong's Chu army, if there were generals in Lin Shihong's army who could contend with it, Lu Chang would probably be very careful.
The cavalry moved quickly, alertly, erratically, and came and went without a trace, which gave Lin Shihong a headache. Although Lin Shihong's Chu army was huge, more than 200 cavalry would not cause fatal damage. However, the Chu army is only infantry, they have no cavalry, war horses are a scarce resource, and the Chu army is also some war generals, and war horses.
With the current conditions of the Chu army, it is impossible for Lin Shihong to form cavalry, and the war horses are not available to anyone who wants, and the supply of goods is in the grasslands in the north.
Since the Chu army is on the march, it can't live in one place without moving, right? Tens of thousands of troops marched on the road, and the team stretched out again, which created a good opportunity for Lu Chang and them to attack, which also caused the reason why the Chu army was unable to defend itself and was passively beaten.
Because they were harassed by Lu Chang's southern army from time to time, it was supposed to be a few days away, but when the Chu army was about to reach the destination north of Hengshan on this day, it was already more than ten days later.
On this day, the Chu army was marching, and he overheard a commotion in the rear of the Chu army, and saw the thick smoke billowing from the rear.
Sure enough, after a while, a soldier Pegasus came to report: "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, the Sui army attacked the baggage camp and burned the grain and grass." ”
Lin Shihong was very angry when he heard this, it is very important for the army to go out to fight for grain and grass, and if it is lost, this is a matter of human life. The Chu army had tens of thousands of troops, and the food consumed every day was quite large.
Lin Shihong hurriedly ordered the army to stop on the spot, and he hurried to the rear to check it out for himself.
Although the flames had been extinguished, the entire vehicle was still smoky, and the air was filled with the smell of burnt.
After some inspection, fortunately, only a quarter of the grain and grass were lost.
Lin Shihong was worried about the supply of grain and grass, so he sent people back to Yuzhang City to replenish the supply of grain and grass for his army.
With an army of nearly 60,000 people, the daily consumption of grain and grass is quite a lot, and Lin Shihong does not dare to have the slightest luck.
After the army rested, Lin Shihong once again ordered the army to march.
In the middle of this day, the front jumped and reported, and the Sui army was found in front, about 2,000 men and horses.
Lin Shihong thought to himself, this is finally the remnant of the army. The question is why do you say that there is only the Sui army, and you don't see your own army? Although Lin Shihong could also estimate it, he couldn't help but ask.
"Is it just Sui Jun? Did you see the army of Sikong Wang Rong and Li Ba? ”
"Back to Your Majesty, only the Sui army is in front, and our army has not been found."
After receiving an exact answer, Lin Shihong wondered in his heart, did the 30,000 army be wiped out by the 2,000 army? It's unbelievable.
However, since they didn't see their own army when they arrived at this position, it means that they are really unlucky, and I am afraid that there is no hope.
Thinking of this, Lin Shihong hated this Sui army in his heart and vowed to destroy them.
The army continued to march, and it didn't take long to meet the Sui army.
Looking at the defensive formation of the Xiaoguo Army from a distance, Lin Shihong finally breathed a sigh of relief, it was really wishful thinking that the men and horses wanted to resist tens of thousands of troops. However, the more than 200 cavalry behind the Sui army's formation was a headache for Lin Shihong, who knows when they will come all of a sudden. You have to take precautions!
When the Chu army encountered the Sui army, it stopped, and Lin Shihong began to arrange his troops.
There was still some chaos in the process of the Chu army's formation, and these soldiers of the Chu army were scared by the cavalry of the Xiaoguo army, especially the overlord lance in the hands of the leader was too powerful. Many people looked around, careful not to attack the god again,
"Dong Zhong, you take 5,000 people to take the lead, and give me a breakthrough to break this formation. Even 2,000 men and horses dare to resist, isn't this looking for death? ”
Lin Shihong also wanted to see how powerful the 2,000 army on the opposite side was, and first try the opponent's defensive ability, it was best to take it down, and then increase its strength if it couldn't be attacked.
The five thousand rebels put themselves in order, and the hula-la crowd began to attack forward.
The Xiaoguo army saw that the attack formation of the Chu army was concentrated and moving forward, and it was also adjusting the formation in order to strengthen the counterattack.
The commander of the Sui army on the opposite side was Song Hui, and he did not lead the Xiaoguo army, but those new troops that had completed training.
"Brethren, this is a life-and-death battle, and we must not mess with our own positions. Once we are in chaos, tens of thousands of enemy horses will trample on us to death, and no one will be able to escape. As long as we follow the established plan and insist on three rounds of fire to effectively kill and wound the enemy troops, the cavalry will cover our orderly withdrawal. Be careful, you must be orderly and follow the command. Brethren, do you understand? ”
"No, I'll understand."
The soldiers shouted loudly in unison, saying that they understood, and they were somewhat flustered in their hearts, and there were too many enemy troops in front of them.
The five thousand Chu troops rushed over, just entering the range of bow and arrow shooting, the Sui army was already ready, and Song Hui gave an order: "Projectile." ”
With a "buzz", a dense rain of arrows shot at the enemy.
The Chu army had just started an incident, and although some Sui army equipment had been captured some time ago, the expansion of the army was too fast, and it was scattered throughout the army and generally not very well-equipped. Some soldiers had shields, and most soldiers did not have shields, which caused the mortality rate of the Chu army to be relatively high. And the Sui army has bows and arrows on its side, even if the archers can consume it vigorously, I am afraid it will be difficult to consume it for a while and a half.
The key is that archery is very physically consuming, and it is impossible to shoot endlessly, so the Sui army adopts rotational shooting. One group shoots three arrows and then switches to another set of shots.
Although several rounds of arrow rain of the Sui army caused heavy casualties among the Chu soldiers, they could not stop them from continuing to advance, and they soon approached a distance of dozens of steps outside the formation.
The archers of the Xiaoguo army began to shoot directly, and the dense rain of arrows was still quite lethal, and the Chu army would pay the price of death every time it took a step forward.
Song Hui saw that the distance between the two sides was almost the same, and he didn't dare to delay any longer, so he gave the final order with a loud shout: "All of them, prepare...... Salvo. ”
The Sui army's bows and arrows paused slightly, so that the soldiers were ready to fire a volley, and then the entire bow and arrow were shot at the Chu army in unison.
The rain of arrows suddenly intensified, suddenly causing a large number of low casualties among the Chu army, and the attacking Chu army was in chaos.
And just when the Sui army was preparing to fire a salvo, the cavalry behind the Sui army's formation also began to start.
As the rain of arrows shot towards the Chu army, the cavalry rushed out from the rear of the formation and pounced on the chaotic Chu army like arrows......