Chapter 63: The Contest between the Two Armies (2)
Just now a cavalry squad made the square of foot soldiers on the right unbearable, and now the three cavalry are here, so what's the point? Although the wooden stick will not kill the body, the severe pain is also heart-piercing! Many people in front of them have been smashed with sticks, and their bones have been broken, and this is not a life-and-death struggle between two enemy countries, it would be too unjust to be injured in vain!
The foot soldiers of the square on the right all had such thoughts, and they all had a look of panic and hesitation on their faces, and they completely lost the courage to fight hard. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoAs the thunderous sound of horses' hooves drew nearer, several foot soldiers began to retreat in fear, and some others, hesitantly, followed suit, gradually speeding up their feet, and even turned to run.
The retreat and flight spread rapidly like a plague, and after a moment all the soldiers scattered and fled, like a flock of sheep driven by wolves, and the phalanx generals shouted a few times, even if they were hoarse, it had no effect at all, and the three cavalry squads had already come to him, and he could only raise the wooden stick in his hand and shout: "Don't fight, don't fight!" Let's throw in the towel. With that, he threw the stick to the ground. When the soldiers saw this, they all hurriedly threw away the sticks or shields in their hands, and in a short time they were all empty-handed.
Seeing this scene, Lin Chang and the other three leading generals gestured to each other, and then controlled the war horse to bypass the right phalanx, draw an arc and pounce towards the left phalanx.
Seeing that the phalanx on the right had surrendered and admitted defeat, and the leading generals of the phalanx on the left knew that the general trend had gone, and it was impossible for them to resist the three cavalry rushing like wolves and tigers alone, they also shouted: "Let's admit defeat, let's admit defeat!" He also threw away the wooden stick in his hand, and then there was a clanging sound, and all the foot soldiers threw their weapons in their hands, and threw in defeat.
At this point, the Zhou Forbidden Army only dispatched three hundred-man cavalry squads, and easily defeated the reinforcements' thousand-man infantry team, and only six of their team members were injured and fell off their horses, and the injuries suffered were not very serious, and they could be healed in a few days. Win big!
An attendant came to the field and announced the results of the contest loudly: "The Zhou Forbidden Army competed with the Fortified Reinforcements, and the Forbidden Army won!" ā
Ji Gen, who was standing on the sidelines watching the battle, was like dust, and he had completely lost his calm and relaxed kingly bearing, his beard trembled under his chin, and his lips squirmed to say something, but he couldn't say a word.
Ji Chao looked at Ji Gen's appearance, with both a little sympathy and a little schadenfreude: Let you be majestic, now wilt! When the two were discussing who would fight just now, Ji Gen rushed to fight with his team, saying that his army was more numerous, and even if he lost, it would not be a big deal to lose a thousand people, but in fact, he just saw a soft persimmon pinch, and wanted to take advantage of his majesty.
Ji Yan didn't seem to see Ji Gen's expression, clapped his hands and shouted, "Okay! The Forbidden Army won! As he spoke, he looked at Ji Gen, "Uncle Wang, this king of your thousand-foot army will laugh at it!" ā
Ji Gen looked at Ji Yan with a raging flame in his eyes, and hurried towards the reinforcements without speaking.
Ji Chao arched his hand to Ji Yan: "Congratulations to the king, the forbidden army has won!" After saying that, he hurriedly chased after Ji Gen.
In the middle of the field, the victorious three cavalry squads of the forbidden army cheered and rushed back to the Zhou army's formation, and the six team members who were slightly injured also walked back slowly with the support of others, their faces filled with the joy of victory.
The foot soldiers who participated in the reinforcements were completely different, everyone was dejected, and they were weak to walk, and they moved back to the large army step by step. Several of the seriously injured were carried back.
Jiang Fan's face was almost black, and he roared at the two generals who had just walked back: "Didn't you two pat your chest and promise to take down all the forbidden troops?" How did it become like this? ā
With a "plop", the two generals knelt down in unison, and one of them said in a low voice: "The last general, the last general really didn't expect the forbidden army to be so powerful!" ā
"Are they amazing?" Jiang Fan was even more angry: "Obviously, you guys instigated the bag, and few people fell, so they ran away by themselves." What is it? This is cowardice, it is cowardice. What about the shield array you set up in advance? Why didn't I see it? ā
"The shield array was bypassed by the cavalry and did not come in handy."
"The shield array has been bypassed, won't you use the Wei Wu phalanx? That's what we've been training for a long time! ā
"The cavalry speed is too fast, and the Wei Wu phalanx has no time to arrange."
"You, you ......" Jiang Fan blew his beard angrily and glared, kicked the general's heart hard, and fell to the ground on his back, then looked at another general coldly, and raised his right foot to kick threateningly.
Seeing this, the general knew that the general was going to kick the people again, but this was his usual method of punishing his subordinates, so he hurriedly hugged his head with his hand, for fear that General Jiang would kick the head crookedly.
"What's the situation? How could this be? What about the assurance that you pat your chest? ā
At this moment, a cold voice came. As soon as Jiang Fan heard this, he knew that the Duke of Dongzhou had arrived, so he quickly turned around and knelt down, his body trembling and lying on the ground, but he couldn't say a word.
Ji Gen slammed a kick on Jiang Fan's left shoulder, this kick, steady and ruthless, with Jiang Fan's strength, he also fell sideways to the ground. You must know that the popular kicking method in the Eastern Zhou army was passed down from the monarch of this country, and it can be said that it is handy to use this big move, and no one can match it.
After kicking the person to the ground, Ji Gen looked at the two leading generals who went out to fight, and said coldly: "You two, go and report to the Son of Heaven, you are already from the Zhou Room!" ā
"Ahh The two brigade commanders lying on the ground shouted in unison: "Duke of the Eastern Zhou! You can't do without us! ā
"I have long said that if you lose, you don't have to come back. Let's go! After Ji Gen finished speaking, he didn't look at the two of them anymore, turned his head to Ji Che, the general of the chariot army on the side of Gong Li, and asked in a deep voice, "What does the general think of this battle?" ā
Ji Che arched his hand and said: "Qi Yu Eastern Zhou Gong, according to the last general, the foot soldier loses in the light of the enemy rather than the strength. ā
"Oh?"
"As far as the last general knows, General Jiang Fan has always been good at training soldiers, and the method used refers to Wu Qi's method of training Wei Wushu, and the training of foot soldiers is unmatched in our Eastern Zhou Principality. The reason why they will lose, first, is that they underestimate the combat power of the forbidden army, and take it for granted that the other party is vulnerable, which is not knowing the other; ā
"Second, our own preparations are not sufficient, the Wei Wu phalanx should have been five phalanxes covering each other, the one in front of the sudden formation is the formation to lure the enemy, and the four phalanxes in the rear are arranged in a rectangle, with the center empty, so that once the enemy is introduced, it can be surrounded and annihilated. But General Jiang did not let the two brigade commanders set up the Wei Wu phalanx in advance, but only divided the team into two phalanxes, thinking that they could simply block the enemy with a shield array, which was ignorant of himself. ā
"The Art of War: Know each other and know yourself, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles; Knowing oneself without knowing the other, one wins and one loses; I don't know who I am, I don't know myself, I will die in every battle. We don't know ourselves and we don't know who we are, and that's why we fail. ā
Ji Gen nodded and said, "You have analyzed the causes of our defeat very thoroughly, so what is the way for the forbidden army to win?" ā