Chapter 421 [Western Regions Autonomous Region III]
Ali Baba didn't brag to Mu Xijing, Wei Wushu's strongest point is the weakest point, they are a group of professional soldiers, with ideals, discipline, dignity, and a bottom line, which are completely different from butchers, they can fight bravely in the field, but it is difficult to continue to kill unarmed slaves, such a massacre is simply an insult to professional soldiers.
A full 100,000 unarmed slaves can make people kill softly, and the blood of 100,000 people is enough to make Wei Wushu's bronze sword soft! Just when these Wei warriors were physically and mentally exhausted, the Persian cavalry of the entire three legions rushed up, and the result was naturally conceivable, Pang Juan could still retreat with his main force, and it was already a great luck in misfortune that he did not lose his vitality because of a defeat.
"This kind of play is simply inhumane, Alibaba is a demon!"
Pang Juan drank sullen wine one by one, and then complained to his nephew like a girl that he, the god of war of the Wei Kingdom, had always tormented his opponents on the battlefield, but now he had suffered a big loss from Alibaba, how could he accept it? He is now very puzzled, he has worked hard to train the invincible iron army in the world, but he lost to Alibaba's cruel methods, is he too merciful, should he learn Alibaba's methods?
Frowning and thinking for a long time, Pang Juan shook his head and completely shook this terrible thought out of his mind. The huge general still has a very bottom line, not to mention that Bai Dong will not allow him to do this, even if he can't pass this level; He is a character who wants to be a soldier Yasheng, what is Ali Baba, how can he learn this demon?
"Finally, Xijun came to help in time, and the people of the Bai family and the Meng family pulled us this time. The army did not collapse; Although there were small defeats. But it didn't hurt the vitality. I did the math. More than 3,000 casualties in this battle, relying on the excellent iron armor, most of the soldiers were only slightly injured, and the soldiers killed in the battle were 831 people, and now the bodies have been burned, and the Bai family will be responsible for transporting the bones back to the Wei State, so that they can return to their roots. Bai Dong said that these soldiers were not for private battles, but were all 'martyrs' who sacrificed for China. If the King of Wei does not give a reward, he will ask the King of Zhou for these soldiers, so that everyone can be rewarded, and the descendants will not be listed in the poor from now on! ”
"Oh? He thought about it, and what was the reaction of the soldiers? ”
"Wei Ying's new law makes it possible for the Qin people to be knighted by virtue of their military exploits, which of our old brothers from the Wei State is not hot-eyed? Now that Bai Dong should be in the name of the Zhou room and Huaxia, the brothers who died in the war are likely to be rewarded by the King of Zhou, which is more 'famous' than Wei Ying's reward; ”
Seeing that the wine in the jug was boiling, Pang Cong gently blew out the charcoal fire of the hot wine, poured a hot wine for Pang Juan, and lowered his voice and said, "Uncle." If we fight a few more battles like this, the old brothers we brought from Wei will all have the surname Bai. Isn't my uncle worried? ”
"So what? Wouldn't it be a good thing to let these old brothers continue to follow you, my uncle and nephew's surname Pang? Do you have food and grass to feed them? Can you get a reward for them? Do you have the ambition of Bai Dong to support my uncle and me to realize my dream of conquering the world? If you don't have these skills, shut up quickly, and never say such things again! Uncle, I was observing Bai Dong, but the more I observed, the more convinced I felt, but I didn't want to oppose him, do you understand? ”
"Come with me to see Bai Dong and your Uncle Sun, the Pang family has never suffered such a big loss, how can this face be recovered"
Pang Juan snorted coldly, stood up and walked out of the tent; This time, his Wei Wushu suffered a big loss, but the Yongyi Jingqi led by Sun Bin and Bai Dong became the savior, which was not possible. Bai Dong is just that, this cheap junior brother is a good hand in the military circles of the court, and making money is invincible in the world, so he is convinced, he is not willing to lose to Sun Bin again.
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When Pang Juan's uncle and nephew walked into Bai Dong's tent, Bai Dong and Sun Bin were drinking tea, and on the low table in front of them were a pair of saddles made of sheepskin and stirrups made of fine iron. Pang Juan's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw it, and he walked over and picked up the saddle with one hand and the stirrup with the other, and gently stroked them with his hand, as if he was caressing a lover's tenderness.
"Senior brother is finally willing to come to see me, junior brother has been waiting for a long time"
Seeing Pang Juan's uncle and nephew walking into his military tent, Bai Dong laughed, took Pang Juan's hand and invited him to sit down, poured tea for him with his own hands, turned his head to look at Pang Cong, and signaled him to be casual, now is not to open an account to discuss military aircraft, there is no need to be restrained.
"We all underestimate Ali Baba and think that the Persians are nothing more than that; The victory of Shanqiang has fueled this kind of pride."
Bai Dong looked up at Pang Juan: "I know that Senior Brother is unconvinced, thinking that Alibaba's victory was due to cruel means, which caught you off guard, but is this really the case?" In the past two days, Senior Brother Sun and I have been studying the weaknesses of Wei Wushu's phalanx, Senior Brother Pang is this Dao Fang family, I think you should know better than us, right? ”
"Yes, Alibaba's victory, although it relied on the bloody tactics of the slave legion, I have to admit that he is also a military genius who has seen through the biggest weakness of Wei Wushu's phalanx."
Pang Juan nodded slightly: "The Wei Wushu phalanx is known as invincible in the plains, that is because the front of the Wushu phalanx is indestructible, the soldiers are well-trained, the armor is complete, and the Chinese countries are mostly accustomed to chariot warfare, and rarely use cavalry Even if there are some cavalry, the real aristocratic warriors like Yongyi Jingcai are also very rare, most of them are used as scout archers, exploring the enemy situation or harassing the enemy formation, it is difficult for the Huaxia cavalry to form a strong impact, and it is simply delusional to break the warrior phalanx." ”
"Senior brother analyzed. But the Persians are completely different, the Persian war horse is originally taller than the Chinese war horse, the impact is far better than the Chinese cavalry, and the flower thorn Zimo people are the people of the horseback mountain, they are born on horseback, accustomed to rushing to kill on horseback, and everyone has excellent archery skills, almost no less than the Rong people in the Western Regions. However, their number far exceeds that of the Western Regions, and in the battle between Senior Brother and Persia, although there was a slave legion that made the invincible Wei Wushu physically and mentally exhausted, in fact, when in contact with the main force of Persia, the Warrior Phalanx did not collapse, but the Persian cavalry did not hesitate to run a lot, and mobilized the Warrior Phalanx with horsepower, and finally broke through from the flanks, while the cavalry under the Senior Brother who was responsible for covering the two wings was defeated in the contest with them."
Sun Bin pointed to the small blue flag planted on the clay tray and said, "Senior brother, please look, the Persian cavalry is as I said, after the two sides come into contact, they will take your soldiers around in circles?" The speed of the people is fast, and the phalanx of warriors can only change formations accordingly, but one is not careful enough, and the Persians break through the flank of the phalanx from the northeast side? Their bows and arrows are actually not very sophisticated, and the warriors in linen armor can't be compared with Wei Wushu, but their cavalry is too much and arrows rain like clouds, coming and going, elusive, elusive, Wei Wushu is not used to fighting on the plateau, and was first worn away by the slave legion, and then encountered such a flexible Persian cavalry, undefeated? ”
"I know all of this, so what?"
Pang Juan glanced at the mud plate, he is also a contemporary celebrity, how can he not know these truths? But the more famous the player, the more stubborn he is, especially in the field he is familiar with. He has been immersed in the Wei Wushu phalanx for more than ten years, and his elusive and incomparably accurate command art is also based on the Wei Wushu phalanx, and now how can he give up lightly because of a little setback?
"The soldiers are uncertain, the water is impermanent, and what about the Wei Wushu phalanx? Wei Wushu is the most elite warrior, and he is invincible in the world in the plains, but now in the Western Regions grassland, can the invincible phalanx in the world continue to be invincible? In the future, the senior brother's army will have to cross the green ridge and expedition to the west, can Wei Wushu's infantry army array adapt? “
Bai Dong Zhengse said: "Senior brother can't be stubborn, in the past, all the countries of China did not pay attention to the use of cavalry, and senior brother is no exception." But after experiencing a battle with the Persians, the senior brother still can't see the power of the cavalry? After seeing this stirrup and saddle, my brother's eyes will also shine, I don't believe that my brother doesn't have any ideas? ”
"The cavalry has its own strengths, but it may not be able to comprehensively defeat my phalanx of Wei Wushu; If you will give me enough stirrups and saddles, I will build an elite cavalry to assist the phalanx of soldiers, and I will be invincible."
Pang Juan grabbed the stirrup with one hand and the saddle with the other, and was indeed reluctant to put it down. This time, he wanted to ask for enough stirrups and saddles from Bai Dong, and then quickly armed a new cavalry of no less than 8,000 people, but he always had a deep-rooted concept that no matter how the cavalry developed, the Wei Wushu phalanx could not be abandoned, let alone completely change the army structure and turn the Wei Wushu phalanx into a cavalry column
It's no wonder that he is reluctant, Wei Wushu's phalanx has accompanied him for more than ten years in his career as a horseman, just like his little lover, how can he give up lightly?
"I don't want assistance, I want radical change. Most of them are cavalrymen, and if they win, they will pursue their opponents, such as the rolling river; If you lose, you can retreat at any time, how can your foot soldiers catch up? Back then, Wu Qi changed the car battle to an ironclad array, which was enough to go down in history, isn't the senior brother interested in adding an ironclad cavalry to my Huaxia? ”
"Don't you think! If I want to give up the phalanx, that's absolutely impossible! ”
"Hehe, senior brother, don't refuse in a hurry, it's not too late to make a decision after listening to the junior brother's plan."
Bai Dong smiled, like a big bad wolf who wanted to deceive Little Red Riding Hood: "I have a kind of invincible cavalry array here, called the Iron Armored Chain Horse, which is used to break the formation and kill the enemy. (To be continued......)
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