Chapter 236: Retreat is Advance
Fucha is a very proud man, which can be seen from the fact that he has always aimed to become a hegemon. Although Wu Zixu's plan was successful, Wu Zixu's words deeply hurt his husband's self-esteem. That's as if to say, husband, if you don't have my Wu Zixu, it's useless.
Although Wu Zixu didn't mean that, Fucha thought so. So in history, when Fucha wanted to attack Qi, Wu Zixu strongly opposed, Fucha attacked Qi with a bit of rebellious psychology, and after defeating Qi, he sent a sword to Wu Zixu and let Wu Zixu commit suicide. Otherwise, the old courtiers of Wu Zixu and the two dynasties have made great contributions, and they will be given death just because they oppose the monarch's sending troops?
In fact, all this was caused by Fucha's self-esteem, which also led to the final prosperity of Wu Guo in the hands of Fucha and his death in the hands of Fucha. It is quite a success, and Xiao He is also defeated!
………… Yang Zilu looked at the car formation, feeling a little helpless, the car formation has been specially reinforced, one side is half a person high, there are sharp wooden nails nailed to the car wall, and the Wu soldiers use bows and arrows, spears, and Changge to supplement the cover. To make the car formation look solid, at least to capture the car formation, not in a short period of time.
And after a long time, the Wu army can use the vehicle array as a bridgehead to transport enough soldiers to the north bank. Obviously, Wu Jun's calculation this time is not easy to solve at all.
"Lord, how is it now?" Aya Ping looked at Yang Zilu's side face with a panicked face, and asked in a worried tone.
"Lord, the minister thinks that it is time to organize the dead to disturb the Wu army's chariot formation, as long as the chariot formation breaks a gap, then there is still a chance to redeem this battle!" Without waiting for Yang Zilu to speak, Hou Xiong had already said calmly.
Yang Zilu shook his head, Hou Xiong's strategy may not be able to break through Wu Jun's car formation. Dealing with the car formation, Yang Zilu remembered that there was a scene in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms where Zhuge Liang dealt with the car formation, but it seemed to be a big pit set up with the help of heavy snow. But now let's not talk about whether there is heavy snow, even if there is, the other party does not move, which is useless? I have to say that Wu Jun really made Yang Zilu helpless this time.
Yang Zilu frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly his heart moved, Yang Zilu asked the remnant bamboo on the side: "Where is he now?" ”
Remnant Zhu thought for a while, and then said, "Rest in Fucun, thirty miles away from here. ”
"Immediately light the beacon fire and let Mang come at high speed!" Yang Zilu commanded in a deep voice.
"No!" Remnant Zhu answered, and immediately turned to go down.
"Order all the soldiers and horses to retreat for ten miles!" Yang Zilu said in a deep voice.
"What?" Kan Pingtian, Hou Xiong, and Ayapin all involuntarily lost their voices in unison, and they even wondered if there was something wrong with their ears or something wrong with Yang Zilu's head? To say such a thing.
"Order, all soldiers and horses retreat for ten miles!" Yang Zilu said in a deep voice again.
"Your Lord......" Kan Pingtian said.
But before he finished speaking, Yang Zilu interrupted him and said decisively: "Can't you all hear it?" Do you need to repeat it again? ”
"No!" In some hesitation, Kan Pingtian and Hou Xiong and others promised to say. They knew that it wasn't their ears that had a problem, and as for whether Yang Zilu had a problem with his head, they didn't dare to think about it.
When the order was handed down, although the Han army retreated, because of the good grassroots organization of the Han army, the retreat of the Han army was orderly.
Even let the landed Wu army want to take advantage of the situation to cover up, but when they see that the Han army is retreating in an orderly manner, at this time, I am afraid that it will not take advantage of the past, but may suffer a big loss. Second, I am afraid that the Han army's retreat this time is to lure them into attacking, after all, they are now relying on the car formation to stalemate with the Han army.
When retreating, Yang Zilu found Jiao Shuyan, the captain of the pro-military battalion, and gave him a few orders. When Uncle Jiao heard this, he immediately nodded vigorously with a resolute face, and galloped towards the west with two personal soldiers and six war horses.
A crossbow was issued to the soldiers, a total of 2,000 bodies, these are all stored by Yang Zilu for the rest of the day, and the reason why they have not been taken out is because, with the current production power of the Han Kingdom, there is really no way to supply the war of 2,000 crossbowmen. In particular, crossbows are no better than bows, and a bow shoots thousands of arrows that have not yet been scrapped. But crossbows are different, and crossbows have a shorter lifespan than bows. With the current technology of the Han Kingdom, a crossbow shoots about 30 arrows, and the bowstring needs to be changed. And after changing the bowstring five times, this crossbow has been basically scrapped, and even if it is repaired again, the power is at most two-thirds of the previous one, and it can no longer become a military crossbow.
And don't look at a lot of these one hundred and fifty arrows, on the battlefield, the number of such crossbow arrows can probably support three to five battles. If it's a siege battle, or a defense battle, it's not enough to support half a battle. However, the benefits of the crossbow are also great, he is a very good weapon to use, but it takes seven days of training to be able to use him more proficiently.
Many soldiers of the Han army have received a seven-day training in how to use crossbows, which is enough for them to be more proficient in using crossbows on the battlefield, and this is also because Yang Zilu was prescient.
The 7,000 Han army was divided into three parts, 1,500 men on the left and right armies, 1,000 of whom were equipped with crossbows, and these 1,500 were sword and axemen, sword and shield soldiers. They were led by Kan Pingtian and Xia Huroar. The Chinese army was 4,000 men, 300 longbowmen, Yang Zilu's 200 pro-barracks, 500 crossbowmen, and 3,000 spearmen.
Three thousand spearmen lined up in a phalanx of five men in width and six men in depth. The front of the five phalanxes is 320 meters wide, but the depth is a little thin. The crossbowmen are arranged in the rear, and after a short battle, they will continue to release arrows, using arrows to come to the depth of the enemy, and once the front is critical, they will also pick up short weapons to support.
Seeing Yang Zilu leading the soldiers and horses to retreat, he also put on such a nondescript formation. Fucha was overjoyed, his heart moved, and he said to Wu Zixu: "Xiangguo will stay here to organize soldiers and horses for the widows, and the widows will go to the north bank to lead the soldiers to defeat the Han barbarians!" ”
When Wu Zixu heard this, he frowned, and said in a deep voice: "King, are you too risky?" There were 7,000 Han barbarians on the other side! And now the Wu army on the other side of the river, excluding the wounded, is only about 34,500 people, plus the troop carriers that were sunk before, this round of transportation of soldiers and horses, compared to the Han barbarians, I am afraid that it is hundreds of people smaller! ”
"It's just a few hundred!" Fu Cha said arrogantly: "The warriors of my Great Wu State have even defeated the Jing Barbarians (Chu State), who are helpless in the Jin Kingdom, and under the almost equal strength, are they not as good as the Han barbarians?" ”
The meaning of the husband's words is that the Wu army is already invincible in the world, and there are not the same number of enemies on the other side, what are you afraid of?
But Wu Zixu was still very sensible, and said calmly: "What the king said is very true, but why not stay for another hour, so that you can defeat the enemy on the opposite side with an overwhelming force?" ”
When the husband heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate.
Wu Zixu continued: "King, you must know that the victory or defeat on the battlefield is the most difficult to say, in the past, the king and the old minister led 30,000 Wu troops to attack the Chu State. Everyone in the world said that the people of Wu were crazy, and they actually fought against 300,000 heroes of Chu with 30,000! The result? Before the Baiju war, the Chu army had 200,000 and the Wu army was only 30,000. Even if the country of Wu is not destroyed, it will be greatly damaged, and only the remaining breath will be counted! But what is the truth? In the first battle of Baiju, 30,000 Wu troops defeated the 200,000 invincible Chu army and attacked the capital of Chu! As the saying goes, soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent! Think twice! ”
When the husband heard this, he couldn't help frowning, he felt that Wu Zixu was not persuading himself, but telling him his merits, so that he, the king, could listen to him. This made the proud husband very unhappy, but for a while he couldn't think of any reason to refute it, and he just wanted to open his mouth.
Gou Jian, who could see the husband's poor thoughts, struggled with his sick body and said: "King, the lowly minister has heard that Sun Tzu has heard that the soldier is fast and the attack is unprepared. Second, I am afraid that everyone thinks that the warriors of our Great Wu Kingdom will concentrate their forces before launching an attack, so that they can attack them by surprise and catch the Han barbarians off guard! ”
When Wu Zixu heard this, he was so angry that his beard spread out as if he had encountered an enemy's hedgehog, and he pointed at Gou Jian with one hand and scolded: "You dare to mislead the king like this. The speed of the soldiers is not bad for such an hour! Attack it unprepared? It's really a big joke, the old man on the opposite side can see it clearly, the other party is prepared, how to attack it? ”
When the husband heard what Gou Jian said, he was overjoyed, but he said indifferently on his face: "Xiangguo, the widow also feels that what Gou Jian said is very true, didn't Xiangguo teach the widow to see more of Sun Tzu's Art of War!" The widow also feels that now it should be a surprise to be a soldier and a surprise to attack it, as for Xiangguo to say that the Han barbarians are ready, this is probably because Xiangguo is old and didn't see it clearly for a while! But the widow can still see it clearly! ”
The implication of the husband's words is, you are old! The old eyes are dizzy! I'm coming, a young man.
Angry, Wu Zixu sneered: "That old minister congratulates the king on returning in a hurry!" ”
Wu Zixu's implication is that you and I congratulate you on coming back from defeat, and you don't give your husband any face.
Angry, Fucha's face turned red, and he snorted coldly, "Hmph! How to come back has to be decided by the widow, and there is no need to worry about Xiangguo. Please get off the boat and prepare for the follow-up soldiers to cross the river! Don't waste time! ”
"Good! Good! Good! Wu Zixu laughed angrily, said hello three times in a row, and as soon as the words fell, he strode away without looking back.
Gou Jian also felt that Wu Zixu's words made some sense, afraid that his husband would lose the battle and be caught by Yang Zilu.
"What's wrong with you?" Fucha glanced at Gou Jian and asked indifferently with a little concern.
"Undignitary...... Cough! Cough! The lowly minister is suffering from a disease, disturbing the king! Ahem! Gou Jian said, not forgetting to cough on the side, as if he was sick and dying.
Fucha frowned, waved his hand and said, "Since you are like this, it is not easy for the widow to take you out to battle, you can go to the camp and have a good rest." Well, Wu Zixu's old puppet is also there, if he bullies you, tell the widow, and the widow will call the shots for you! ”
Gou Jian pretended to be moved with red circles in his eyes, blinked, tried to squeeze out two tears, and said movingly: "Cheap minister...... The lowly ministers don't know how to repay the king, the lowly ministers, the lowly ministers can't wait to make cattle and horses for the king for generations! ”
When the husband heard this, he was also a little moved, nodded and said: "Okay, your intentions are known to the widow, as long as the widow destroys this Yang Zilu traitor, the widow will give you all the land of the Han Kingdom!" ”
"Thank you to the king, the untouchable ministers only hope to be able to guard the East China Sea for the king for generations!" When Gou Jian heard this, he was overjoyed, and squeezed out two tears again, but this time he didn't pretend, but he was so happy that he shed tears. How big is Yang Zilu's land? Thousands of miles long, bigger than the Yue country, with him, the land of the Yue country is more than twice as large? Not to mention two tears, just two catties of tears will also flow out for the husband.
"Well, go down! The widow is ready to go! Fucha didn't know Gou Jian's careful thoughts, and nodded because he was satisfied with Gou Jian's attitude, and waved his hand to Gou Jian.
"No! The unchievous ministers will go down, and the undignified ministers congratulate the king on his victory! Although Gou Jian left, he didn't forget to make a big fuss.
The husband almost nodded triumphantly, that's right! There want Wu Zixu that old horseman, I. Said! What does it mean to say that the widow returned in a panic? Is it so unbearable for a widow? Hum! I really thought that when I was old, I could rely on the old and sell the old! Don't think that without you, the country of Wu will be destroyed! A widow cannot win a battle!
............ "Lord, the handsome banner of the husband appears on the south bank!" It seems that the husband has really come just as the Lord said! After Xiong finished speaking, he immediately looked at Yang Zilu with adoring eyes, and admired Yang Zilu, if he knew Xingye's words, he would definitely use the words 'My admiration for you is like the water of the Yangtze River surging endlessly, and like the Yellow River flooding out of control' to flatter Yang Zilu.
When Yang Zilu heard this, his face was silent, in fact, he was also a little nervous, he couldn't guarantee that his husband would come. It's just that Yang Zilu had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he had a kind of consciousness that the arrogant husband would not wait for other Wu soldiers to come over to attack, and in fact, as Yang Zilu expected, this also meant that the Wu army would attack with similar troops.
Although the Wu army was powerful, Yang Zilu was not afraid at all, and his Han army was led by him to conquer the east and west. Iron has been used to replace bronze on weapons. The spear with a higher surname price ratio came to replace Changge's fancy weapons that were inferior to the spear in the surname price ratio.
In addition, in terms of military system, the Han army is also superior to the military system of the Wu army, the military system of the Wu army is similar to that of Mongolia, with a hundred people as a thorough line, a thousand people as a clan, and ten ethnic groups (ten thousand people) as a formation.
This kind of military system is obviously not as flexible as the military system of the Han army, and the more important military system of the Han army has a deputy position, which also leads to the fact that if the commander of a certain army dies in battle, his deputy position can take over his power, and the combat effectiveness of the army is maintained to the greatest extent.
In terms of commander, Yang Zilu does not think that he is inferior to his husband, although he is not an incompetent commander, but he has a fatal weakness. Enemies who know their weaknesses will be reduced to their lowest threat.
However, Yang Zilu was still not careless and paid attention to Wu Jun. The Wu army did not transport many military vehicles this time, only 30 times, combined with the previous military vehicles, a total of 100 military vehicles.
Although he knew the strength of the Han army's spear battle array, Fucha seemed to be arrogant and believed that the Han army's spear battle array was no more than six people in depth, which made it easier for the military vehicle to crush the opponent's battle array. Therefore, he concentrated the main force of the military vehicles in the middle army and arranged them in two columns, the first column of forty military vehicles, the second column of thirty military vehicles, and in the military vehicles, the second column of military vehicles was arranged after the soldiers. The remaining thirty chariots were divided between the left and right armies by fifteen each.
According to the management of the Wu army, the infantry was divided into three armies, the left, the center and the right, with 3,000 people in the middle army and 2,000 people in the left and right armies. The left army was commanded by Wang Sun Yu, and the right army was commanded by Bo Xizhen, the son of Bo Ya.
The husband waved the sword in his hand in a high-spirited manner, and roared angrily: "Attack! ”
"Boom! Boom! Boom! When the drums sounded, the soldiers of the Wu army heard the drums, immediately raised their weapons and shouted in unison: "Victory!" Win! As soon as the roar fell, Wu Jun, who was dressed in black armor and black clothes, was like a black cloud, pressing up with great momentum.
But the Han army did not show weakness at all, and I don't know who shouted, the Han soldiers hammered the ground with spears, slapped their shields with swords, and shouted in their mouths: "Gale! Gale! Gale! ”
Seeing this, Fucha couldn't help frowning, although he was arrogant, he was not stupid, and he was not without eyes. When he was still the crown prince, his father had already begun to cultivate him, and once sent him to lead his troops to fight a big battle alone.
But now it has to be sent on the line, and the husband just gave an order to the herald, telling Wang Sunyu and Bo Xizhen, let them be careful, don't be careless just because the other party is a Han barbarian, as for how much the two listened, probably only they and God know.
Slowly, the distance between the two sides was shortened to one hundred steps, and Yang Zilu waved his hand without hesitation. The herald beside him immediately understood what Yang Zilu meant, and immediately took a deep breath and put the horn that had been prepared to his mouth.
"Woo! Woo! Woo! ......" The loud trumpet sounded throughout the world.
"Gale! Gale! The unyielding roar of the Han soldiers immediately rang out, even covering the sound of bowstrings.
A rain of 3,000 arrows mixed with crossbows and arrows surged into the sky like a swarm of locusts.
"Get out of here!" The fucha squeezed the drummer on the chariot out of the way, snatched the drumstick from his hand, and with his strength, the muscles of his arms immediately bulged. "Boom! Boom! Boom! The rapid beating of drums sounded.
General Wu immediately encouraged: "Attack!" Did you see that? The king himself beats the drum for us! The king is watching us! Warriors of the Great Wu Kingdom! Are you still hesitating about anything? Offensive! Offensive! ”
"Victory! Win! The soldiers of the Wu army were also stimulated, and everyone roared loudly while running. The rain of arrows at this moment, in their eyes, seems to be nothing more than a spring drizzle!
(To be continued)