On April 25, 1003, two quarters of the Shen hour.

"Inform the rear team, ready to assemble!" Zhang Mo was at the forefront, and he could already see the stream behind the trees. The water of the stream is clear, the width is less than two zhang, according to the previous exploration of the rangers, the depth is only to the calf of the horse, and it can be crossed by force.

Pang Tong, who was carrying the banner forward, was already out of breath, but after listening to the order, he gritted his teeth, held the flag with one hand, pulled out a firework bomb with the other hand, and shot it into the sky with a crossbow!

"Bang", the fireworks exploded in the clear northern sky, emitting a thick red smoke.

In fact, there was such a thing as gunpowder long before the Holy Ancestor, but it was not very powerful, it was just a routine phenomenon that appeared in the "own work" of alchemists, and it was not paid attention to by those in power. During the time of the Holy Ancestor, there was a large-scale development of gunpowder, but I don't know why after the Holy Ancestor, the emperors of all dynasties stopped the research and development of gunpowder. However, through the research and development of the Holy Ancestor period, fireworks made of gunpowder became one of the means of communication in the imperial army. However, because the stability of gunpowder is insufficient, and the power is not enough, many defects have led to the fact that today's gunpowder and even communication fireworks have not been used on a large scale, but as an auxiliary to the means of communication such as drums, military trumpets, flags, etc., the number is also scarce.

Pang Tong's red fireworks bomb means that the whole army is assembled. At the last moment when the fireworks dispersed, the last row of cavalry had also gathered.

Zhang Mo didn't even have time to count how many robes he had lost in Fang Cai's encounter, so he immediately ordered: "The whole army crosses the river!" ”

About three miles to the west of the stream is the woods, the stream winds from the direction of the woods, standing here, Shen Yun can see the high canopy of the woods, but he can't see the scene of the enemy and his own army fighting. The brook is quite quiet, and the grass is still green. The setting sun and the breeze blowing from west to east gave all the cadets the illusion that the enemy troops they had just encountered were just an illusion!

Shen Yun didn't think it was an illusion, the arrow on the round shield kept reminding him that this was a battlefield, a battlefield that could kill people at any time! He looked around, hoping to see one or two enemies, so that he could affirm his thoughts and not let the calm images in front of him erode the ambitions he had already ignited...... But there was nothing. Everything was still so quiet, even the Yueshi cavalry who had been chasing behind a quarter of an hour ago was gone. All this is so unusual!

Zhang Mo was also leading troops to fight for the first time, and he was not in the mood to pay attention to too many details at all, he only knew. You have arrived at the intended place, just cross the stream. It is necessary to launch a fierce attack on the enemy. This is used to assist frontal attacking allies.

"Shen Yun, you take the two troops to march south first, and when you encounter the enemy, you will signal with arrows! Fang Cheng, you take two troops and then respond. Zhao Xin, cross the river with me. Zhang Mo knew the truth of the speed of soldiers, but he only thought about it slightly. The decision was made.

As for why these people were chosen, it was because in the battle in the early morning, Shen Yun, Fang Cheng and Zhao Xin performed well, and Zhang Mo used his military exploits as an excuse. They were all promoted to company commanders, Zhong Lisi was promoted to platoon commander, and even Pang Tong, who was a little cowardly at first, became the flag.

The battlefield is easy to be promoted, and this is generally the case in all dynasties.

Shen Yun received the order and quickly crossed the river with the two troops. Looking at Fang Cheng before the action, seeing him nodding solemnly at him, looking at him like that, Fang Cai's instantaneous battle did not affect him, and Shen Yun was relieved.

Crossing the stream is a gentle slope. You can see the woods from the back of the slope. Shen Yun took the lead and rushed up the high slope, but he was suddenly startled, and couldn't help but say, "I/!" ”

Immediately behind Shen Yun was Zhong Lisi, he heard Shen Yun burst out of his mouth, and he couldn't help but be startled, pinched the horse's belly, and sped up, but he was also suddenly stunned, "I/, what's the situation with his grandmother?" It's too fucking worse than what the ranger said before......"

As mentioned earlier, the ranger scouts of the second town of the former division of the Third Army Corps could not go within five miles at all, and it was not easy to detect that this position was behind the side of the woods, but it was difficult to carefully investigate the situation after five miles after the woods. And what is now unfolding in front of Shen Yun and the others is a terrible situation that is absolutely surprising and shocking.

Behind the gentle slope is a large grassland without shelter, with an area of tens of thousands of acres. The terrain of the pasture is so flat that even the height of this small gentle slope is considered a commanding height. On such a grassland, there was actually a dense and quiet arrangement of Yue's cavalry! Shen Yun couldn't calculate the specific number for a while, but judging from the fact that the range of vision was all occupied by the Yue's cavalry, it would not be too much to say that it had 10,000 horsemen!

The 10,000 cavalry stood quietly behind the gentle slope, and lined up a neat phalanx - an attack phalanx! Looking carefully, the phalanx of 10,000 cavalry is not completely square, but has layers, in the shape of a pin, one pint on top of the other, like a piece of fish scales clinging to the earth.

"Good boy, this is the Fish Scale Array! The Romans' Fish Scale Array! Zhong Lisi muttered.

The first battalion encountered more than 1,000 enemy cavalry, and at that time, Shen Yun thought that they were the main cavalry force of the Yue clan in the back of the forest, and he was still secretly happy in his heart, sending so many cavalry to intercept his more than 400 people, and the charging formation of the heavy cavalry of the Chinese army should be even more overwhelming. It wasn't until this moment that Shen Yun understood that the more than 1,000 horsemen just now were not the so-called main force at all, but just the rangers who were covering the main battlefield!

At this time, on the other side of the gentle slope, more than a dozen horsemen rushed towards Shen Yun, and they shot arrows at the same time to remind the Yue's cavalry under the slope.

Shen Yun was shocked, and immediately turned his horse's head and ran back, and at the same time shouted at Zhang Mo and the others who were still crossing the river at the bottom of the slope: "Withdraw, retreat!" Hurry back to the army and tell the town marshal that the main direction of attack of the Yue people is here! ”

Yes, if you didn't understand it before, Shen Yun really understands it now. The commander of the Yue clan and Hou Jian, the marshal of the Han army, had the same idea, and both of them chose to launch an offensive when the sun was setting, both of them wanted to let the light of the setting sun shine on each other's eyes, and then the whole army waved their troops to smash the Yellow Dragon......

Shen Yun's reaction was fast, and the reaction of the Yueshi people was also not slow. At the same time as they turned their horses' heads, a "mouth" was immediately split in one of the pinzi squares in the fish scale formation at the bottom of the slope, and about a battalion of men and horses rushed up towards the gentle slope, followed by hundreds of ranger scouts scattered nearby.

Shen Yun rushed down the gentle slope, Zhang Mo was still hesitating whether to advance or retreat according to the original plan, and suddenly there was a huge shouting sound from the direction of the woods, accompanied by the rumbling war drums of the Han army and the endless sound of arrows!

"Damn. The Heavy Cavalry won't have broken through the woods at this point, right? Shen Yun was shocked, and immediately turned his head to look in the direction of the woods, but he couldn't see anything except the dust in the sky and the canopy looming in the dust!

After Zhang Mo heard the war drums and arrows, his originally hesitant eyes suddenly became resolute, he took down the four-stone force bow behind him, and shouted loudly: "The enemy formation has been broken in the middle, the whole army is pressed up, and the Han is mighty!" ”

"The Great Han is mighty!" All the cavalry also surged with it.

But Shen Yun didn't go crazy with them, he rode his horse to Zhang Mo's side and shouted angrily: "Camp Commander Zhang." Do you want to die with the robes? It's a trap, it's a conspiracy, and behind the slope are 10,000 enemy horsemen! Ten thousand!! ”

At this time, the sound of dense horses' hooves came from behind Zhang Mo, and Fang Cheng's shout also came from there: "Battalion commander." The tail is following! ”

The cavalry of the Thousand Moon Clan, who had been following them just now, also followed? Shen Yun suddenly felt like his heart was dead.

What is a desperate situation? Maybe that's it!

Alone in the depths, deep in the siege. Advancing was 10,000 Yue's cavalry. Behind them were a thousand enemy horsemen who were also like wolves, and there were enemies who were about to pounce on them...... All kinds of piles made Shen Yun temporarily lose his ability to think.

Zhang Mo suddenly smiled bitterly and whispered to Shen Yun: "Master Hou, do we have any other choice than rushing forward?" I only hope you don't reveal your identity, the dignified Marquis of Han died here. Glory is glorious, but it will make the Yue's people angry! I hope that the Hou Ye will be able to consider himself! After speaking, he ignored Shen Yun, who was already stunned on the spot, and rushed forward first, shouting: "Brothers." Let them see the might of my Han army! Kill! ”

The battalion commanders are all on, what choice do they have, they can only follow. It's a big deal to die here, anyway, the family is taken care of by the court, and there is no one to support his parents after death.

Just when everyone was about to be generous and tragic, Shen Yun, who had been stunned, suddenly grabbed Zhang Mo's reins and shouted: "Instead of rushing up to death like this, it's better to gamble with me!" ”

"Bet?" Zhang Mo was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Shen Yun was crazy about.

At this time, the enemy troops rushing down from the slope were almost within the range of the four-stone power bow, Shen Yun didn't have time to explain, Shen Yun raised his hand and shouted at Pang Tong: "Pang Tong, the direction is due south, advance!" ”

The other cavalrymen looked at Zhang Mo strangely, and Zhang Mo looked at Shen Yun with a frown. To the south, isn't that the depths of the enemy army?

"Zhang Mo, Lao Tzu ordered you as the Marquis of Bohai of the Han Dynasty to issue a military order for the whole army to go south!" Shen Yun was really anxious, and he did not hesitate to reveal his identity.

Zhang Mo gritted his teeth, looked at Shen Yun with struggle in his eyes, and shouted viciously: "Listen to the order, the whole army will go south!" ”

With Zhang Mo's order, more than 400 Han cavalry quickly formed a team and rushed south along the stream. The Yue's cavalry had already rushed down from the gentle slope, and they all had swords in their hands and were ready to meet the desperate charge of the Han army - in fact, in the past battle examples, the Han army had chosen this almost suicidal charge after falling into a desperate situation - but this time they miscalculated, and the more than 400 Han cavalry in front of them actually turned their horses and continued to move south! This......

The Yue's cavalry hurriedly inserted the cavalry knife into the scabbard and drew out the bow, but between this insertion and exchange, the two armies opened up the distance again, and the four-stone force bow could no longer guarantee the accuracy. The leading Yue's officer shouted in frustration: "Catch up and kill them all!" ”

So a strange scene played out by this unknown stream. There is a long gentle slope on the side of the stream, on one side of the gentle slope is the still standing tens of thousands of Yue's cavalry, and on the other side of the gentle slope, hundreds of Han troops are almost close to their noses and quickly advance southward, behind the Han army is the Yue's cavalry shouting and chasing! Later, they caught up with the two Yue's cavalry and converged, and there were 1,500 horsemen!

If you look down from the sky, you can find that the nearly 2,000 cavalry in front and behind are like heralds next to the 10,000 Yue Clan's cavalry array, as if they are passing on an important order to the rear......

The gentle slope is not long, only about two miles. Shen Yunma is fast, and he has already surpassed Pang Tong. After the gentle slope is a water puddle, on one side of the water puddle is the still Yue's cavalry, Shen Yun decisively let Pang Tong wave his troops around the puddle without contact with the enemy. The Yue's cavalry, who were still in formation, watched strangely as a Han army suddenly emerged from behind the gentle slope, and then quickly galloped to the other side, as if to pull a distance.

"Damn, look at the brim of your hats and get angry!" Shen Yun saw that the cavalry of the Yue Clan didn't seem to react. Suddenly a thought came to mind, took out the four-stone power bow, put on the bow and arrows, and shouted: "The Han army is coming!" "Let go of your finger, and the arrow will be like lightning, accurately hitting a Yueshi who is still in a state of confusion!

Seeing this, the cavalry of the Han army behind Shen Yun followed suit, and at the moment of the detour, almost everyone would shoot an arrow, and at the same time shouted: "The Han army is coming!" ”

It's exciting. The Han army could almost hit an enemy with arrows - these Yueshi people stood there stupidly, like fixed targets, for the trainee soldiers who had been training hard for four years to fix the target, it was strange that they couldn't shoot!

It wasn't until the Han army shot forty or fifty Yue's people that these "fixed targets" suddenly reacted. But their reaction was beyond the expectations of Shen Yun and the others - they actually messed up themselves!

"The Han army is here!"

"The Han army is behind us, run!"

"Rear Army. Was the rear army defeated? ”

"Was it the defeat of the front army or the defeat of the rear army? Why did the Han army kill here? ”

……

The Yue's camp suddenly boiled like a frying pan. The cavalry who had been in good formation began to run in order to avoid the arrows of the Han army, or to be frightened by the prestige of the Han army. The piece of Yue's cavalry that appeared in front of Shen Yun's eyes actually had a situation of being defeated without a fight.

The reaction of the Yueshi people greatly exceeded Shen Yun's expectations, and at this moment, Shen Yun had the terrifying idea of killing the entire army from this array, completely disrupting the Yue's formation. But at this time. The Yue's cavalry that was chasing behind him had already arrived, and at the same time, they kept firing arrows to remind the chaotic Yue's robes, coupled with the loud shouts of the officers in the Yue's army, the chaotic formation was about to return to its original state, and Shen Yun continued to gallop south with regret.

In fact, a large array of 10,000 men could stretch four to five miles in front and back, and a cavalry formation would be longer and wider. What happens in front of you is difficult to quickly transmit to the back. This is one of the reasons why in ancient wars the soldiers in the front row were not allowed to turn back. Once the soldiers in the front row turn back, the soldiers in the back row will also subconsciously turn back, while the soldiers in the back can't see the situation in front of them, don't know what happened, and see the people in front of them turn back, and think that they are defeated and ready to flee, so it is easy to form a chain reaction, which leads to a rout. On the ancient battlefield, if the soldiers in the front row turned back for no reason, they would be put in place.

The position where Shen Yun and the others appeared was at the forefront of the Yue's 10,000-person cavalry array, and the pursuing Yue's officers were worried about affecting the morale of the army, so they did not inform the rear army, and the speed of Shen Yun and others was extremely fast, and it was too late for the two pursuing Yue's cavalry to be notified, so they were caught off guard by the Han army. If Shen Yun had been a little "reckless and impulsive" just now and directly attacked the Yue's phalanx, maybe he would have really been disrupted by the formation.

Of course, wars are always made up of countless accidents, and no war can be completely realized step by step according to the planner's plan. It turns out that Zhuge Liang in history also has a street pavilion miscalculation!

In this most brutal and barbaric group activity in human history, accidents always occur. And with the unexpected comes countless opportunities. Shen Yun just lost a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He knew it, but he didn't regret it at all! He believes that an even greater opportunity is just around the corner! The reaction of the Yue's people just now gave Shen Yun this belief!

From the reaction of the Yueshi people just now, Shen Yun could be sure that although the equipment of these Yueshi soldiers in front of him was almost the same as that of the Han army, their morale and courage were several grades apart. Perhaps they have not fully woken up from the transformation from "Han Chinese" to "rebellious", or perhaps they are still instinctively afraid of the military might of the Han Empire, or perhaps they ...... No matter what the reason is, in short, these Yueshi people in front of him are not as powerful as they seem, Shen Yun is convinced of this! (To be continued......)

PS: There will be a big change in the next chapter. This change is the reason why the Han army has repeatedly killed high-ranking generals! Otherwise, everyone always suspects that they don't understand war, and that I write about the death of senior generals of the Han army too casually, hehe, this is the reason.

In addition, I didn't have time to check in the previous chapter, and there were two or three typos that everyone should ignore. Thank you!

In the end, ask for votes! hehe