Chapter 402: A Tactic to Defeat the Enemy
"The sinner will open his jaw, meet the prince! The prince will not be vulgar with the sin, several times called, the sin will be hesitant, delay in returning, it is really unforgivable, today I am willing to wear the sin and make meritorious service, lead the troops and horses, drive the army forward, resist the Hu cavalry! ”
Zhangjaw's figure is ordinary, not tall, and the flesh and bones of the whole person should be described as symmetrical, looking more like a rich man than a famous Hebei general. The most distinctive thing is his sharp eyes, even if Wang Yu does not have the convenience of a prophet, from these sharp eyes, it can be seen that this is a very shrewd and assertive person.
Of course, his invitation to fight also proves this.
Using 2,000 remnants of soldiers to resist the sharpness of Hu Cai's cavalry is actually more dangerous than harassing it alone. It is impossible for Zhang Jaw not to know that the result after Wang Yu nodded was bound to be heavy casualties, but he did it anyway, obviously, he was making up for the loss of points that he hesitated before.
There is no discrepancy with the historical record, this is indeed a wise and brave general, especially in judging the situation, with an extremely accurate vision.
Historically, when Zhang Jaw was attacked in Wuchao, but Yuan Shao refused to rescue with heavy troops, he made the decision to defect. Because he knew very well that Yuan Shao was no longer saved.
But this time, whether to open the jaw or not is actually between the two. In the end, what prompted him to make up his mind was Zhao Yun's fen Xun, it can be said that he opened his jaw impulsively.
However, after being impulsive, he did not mean to suffer from gains and losses, but entered the role at the first time.
All in all, Wang Yu believes that this person can be of great use, but not now.
"Excuse me, please." Wang Yu stretched out his hand to help him, but he didn't show too much affection. For different people, the way of enveloping is also different, and for Tai Shici and Zhao Yunqin, loyalty can be strengthened. It won't have any effect on people like open jaws, and if it is too much, it may be counterproductive.
Wang Yu lightly rejected Zhang Jaw's invitation to fight: "Jun Yi's mood has already been understood, but the deployment of this battle has been arranged, and this vanguard matter will be abandoned for the time being." The overseers are behind, and the stamina for our army is. ”
"My lord, the last general sincerely asks for battle. You ......" Hearing Wang Yu's acceptance, he changed his title by opening his jaw, but he was still a little uneasy in his heart. The purpose of his invitation to fight was, firstly, to offer his name, and secondly, he was unwilling to raise his sword against the old robes.
Wang Yu did not answer in detail. Gu Gu ordered himself: "Eleventh, you go with General Zhang, place the troops on the left flank of the army and stand by, and wait for the Chinese army to give orders before you can participate in the battle." ”
"Whoa!" Li Shiyi came out in response, and after holding his fists and receiving the order, he stood behind Zhang Jaw. It's like a herald.
"Beat the drums!" Wang Yu looked at Mingshi Mountain, where there were few people jumping and scolding, and then looked at the Xiongnu army in the west, and found that the other party had completed the whole team and assembly. He no longer hesitated, and shouted: "The whole army is attacking!" The officers and men of the whole army must take the evil as their mind, and those who dare to violate the territory of our Han Dynasty will be killed! This battle. Kill but not take prisoners! ”
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
"Kill!"
The drums are thundering, and the sound of killing is earth-shattering! The seemingly weak Qingzhou Army burst out in an instant. The open jaw in the formation was really shocked.
What kind of momentum can the underdog have? What is the declaration that the disadvantaged party can make? Sure enough, was the Qingzhou Army prepared for this battle? Or does this strong army already have a military soul and can consistently fight with high morale in the face of any enemy under any circumstances?
Zhang Jaw didn't know the answer, but he knew that he could take his time to find evidence that his choice was not wrong.
On the other side, shaken by the momentum of the Qingzhou Army, Hu Qi and Yuan Shaojun began to act in unison.
Annoyed and angry, a batch of black feather arrows suddenly rose in the air, and then swooped down, smashing the shield in the hand of the Yulin Army.
The archers of the Qingzhou army immediately began to return fire, and nearly 10,000 eagle feathers shuttled back and forth over the wide battle point. Most of the feathered arrows did not deal any damage, because both sides were already familiar with this set and had prepared accordingly in advance.
Only a few unlucky ones were injured by the white feathers leaking through the gaps in the shields, or the broken arrows bouncing on the ground, and they clutched their bodies and wailed loudly. The robes immediately dragged the wounded out of the range of the feathered arrows, and the red blood added another heavy strip to the already blackened earth, like a cut on the earth.
The blood steamed white in the cold air, and was quickly frozen, gradually turning an ominous black, and then covered in renewed blood.
Compared with the hedging of the two armies, the losses caused by the feather arrows to both the enemy and the enemy are not large. To a certain extent, it can be said that he is wasting his baggage, but Yuan Shaojun is happy about it, as if the baggage is not left of himself, but his opponent.
In reality, of course, it's the opposite.
"It's a diversionary attack." Zhang Jaw made an accurate judgment, his betrayal, the lethality caused to Yuan Shao, is definitely not as good as You Heng's scolding for three consecutive days and three nights, Yuan Shao can't be impulsive because of this. If Hu Qi doesn't move, he will definitely not move, he will only use various methods to contain and harass him.
"The arrangement of the lord, is it ......" he said as if talking to himself, although his eyes did not look at Li Shiyi, who was named the herald and was actually a deputy general, but the afterglow left in his words was undoubtedly an invitation to the latter.
Even in the DPRK, the lieutenant cannot be regarded as a small person, and from the rank of lieutenant, he has already entered the ranks of generals. This Captain Li doesn't seem to be a brave person, he should be a first-class confidant. It is beneficial and harmless to communicate with this person.
What's more, his doubts are also real, and it doesn't make sense to use stronger troops to resist Yuan Shao's remnants.
"General Zhang also saw it? Just now, General Zilong also asked the lord about this. Li Shiyi replied.
"Then, how does the lord answer?"
"Huh." Li Shiyi smiled, his smile was a little strange, and he suddenly realized that he was still a general, and it was easy for people to suspect that he had ulterior motives when he asked about such a relatively confidential matter, and he hurriedly explained: "The lord is strategizing, and he is holding the pearl of wisdom, and he is abrupt." ”
"General Zhang, don't get me wrong, the lord's answer at that time was more casual, the real purpose. It's just to break each one. ”
"Individual breaks?" The jaw is puzzled.
Li Shiyi explained in detail: "Yuan Shao has been defeated repeatedly, and he can't be concentric with the soldiers, so naturally he can't fight with the soldiers to the death. Although Hu Cai came from afar, the upper and lower orders were very unified, so the key to this battle was to quickly defeat Yuan Shao, and then all the troops and horses worked together to besiege Hu Cai, so that there was a chance of victory. ”
That's true, but ......" has a local advantage. Priority is given to solving the enemy's weak parts, this is common sense in the art of war. But the question is, Yuan Shao is so shrewd, how could he be the first to fight? Judging from the current situation, Yuan Shao only needs to form a certain role in the Qingzhou Army. It was enough to create fighters for the Huns.
Li Shiyi suddenly asked: "General Zhang, do you know what kind of agreement the Huns reached with Yuan Shao when they sent troops this time?" ”
"I don't know." Zhang Jaw shook his head, the Jizhou faction is resolutely opposed to uniting the Huns, these things are all Xu You and others in Zhang Luo, not to mention that he is a general, even if he is frustrated. It is also impossible to be clear about the details of the negotiations.
"At least General Zhang should be able to confirm that Yuan Shao is not like a subordinate to the Huns, right?"
"That's natural, Hugh said General Yuan. Even when the first emperor was in the past, if he wanted to drive the Xiongnu to fight, he had to ...... Hey? Halfway through speaking, Zhang Jaw's heart suddenly moved, and he looked at Li Shiyi in disbelief. As if asking, "What does the lord mean is ......?"
"As General Zhang thought, Hu Lu is here to pick up the bargain. How could they be willing to pay too many casualties when everything was not certain? Come all the way, of course they won't be completely unproductive, but at least they won't be stupid enough to let Yuan Shao watch from the wall and fight desperately with our army. ”
"I see!" Zhang Jaw suddenly realized, looking at the slightly thin lineup of the second battalion of Destroying Feng and Shooting Sound, he completely understood.
Wang Yu came to psychological warfare again, he knew that Yuan Shao would not attack easily, so he simply faced Hu Cai with a small number of troops, but the main force went to confront Yuan Shao.
In this case, the Huns should attack, but not with all their troops. After all, they are just here to pick up the bargain, Yuan Shao and Wang Yu are all together, which is what they are most happy to see, only in this way can they have the opportunity to occupy Jizhou.
And Qingzhou's countermeasure is obviously to turn defense into attack in this wave of offensive and hit Hu Qi hard. In this way, the second attack of the Huns should be a full-scale attack, and at the same time, they will definitely ask Yuan Shao to fully cooperate, instead of harassing them remotely like now.
Therefore, Yuan Shao had to leave the relatively safe camp and expose his troops to the flanking attack of the two enemy armies, and there was hope that the tactics of weakening and avoiding the strong would be achieved.
This strategy is not complicated, a little trick can be easily understood, and at the same time it is also very dangerous, after all, no one dares to guarantee whether Hu Qi will launch a full-scale attack at the first time, Hu Lu has always done things irregularly. Even if it was really expected by Wang Yu, it was unknown whether the second battalion of the Destroying Front would be able to block Hu Cai's offensive.
No matter how arrogant the Huns are, they can't only send one or two thousand men to attack when they deal with seven thousand foot soldiers, uh, now nine thousand, right? Moreover, they will also pay attention to the situation of the battle, act according to the changes in the situation of the battle, and want to inflict heavy damage on the enemy army in a wave of impact, but how easy is it to say?
"Whew...... Ho ......" The wolf-like howl sounded again, but the Huns did not attack immediately, but set up a simple platform in front of the battle.
The platform was quickly built, and the cavalry of the brigade suddenly retreated to both sides like a tide, giving way to a passage, and a group of men who were as short and fat as wild boars with various skeletons hanging on their bodies walked to the platform that had just been built under the worship of Hu Qi.
These people are all ** body, with various patterns drawn in a mess on their chests and shoulders, and all kinds of bones tied with leather cords around their waists. Maybe it was of the cow or the sheep, maybe it was of the beast, trembling up and down with the footsteps of man.
With each step forward, the owner of the bone turned around and shouted a few words to the crowd around him. And the crowd was like boiling oil in the water, and erupted into bursts of enthusiastic cheers.
"Whew...... Whoa! The naked man at the head tore his throat and let out a strange trombone. The strange tone of voice caused a warm response, and more than 20,000 horsemen shouted together, like wolves dancing wildly.
......The man who took the lead in howling is not young, but his mid-qi is very strong, and he is more energetic than the most frost-resistant wolf. He shook his bony instrument and jumped around like crazy.
It's not beautiful, but it makes people feel a little panicked, like walking alone in the wilderness in the dark night, and suddenly seeing the feeling of ghost fire.
Zhang Jaw knew that this should be some kind of ritual before the Hu people fought the war. He didn't care, but the next moment, when several pairs of young men and women were pushed onto the altar, the blood in his chest suddenly boiled.
In the howls that filled the heavens and the earth, desperate cries were faintly heard, the one who was tortured and killed was the blood of the Han family!
The barbaric and ignorant ritual finally came to an end, when the leading shaman raised his scimitar and neatly cut off the heads of the male and female sacrifices.
"Whew...... Whew...... "On the banks of the great river, the howl of hungry wolves resounded in an instant.
The black tide surged, and countless Hu riders, with a wild bloody aura, shouted and killed.